1.2.27

स्तुतिस् तु शब्दपूर्वत्वादचोदना च तस्य

stutis tu śabdapūrvatvād acodanā ca tasya

The line

But it is praise, because the word is prior, and there is no injunction of that other thing.

नेपालीमा

तर त्यो प्रशंसा हो, किनकि शब्द अगाडि छ, र त्यो अर्को चीजको विधि छैन।

Where it sits

Śabdapūrvatva (शब्दपूर्वत्व) is the priority stated in 1.1.29, here the word's being already fixed on the basket before anyone generalizes. Stuti is the reading of 1.2.7, now said of the reason-shaped sentence. Tasya is the spoon or the pot. Codanā (चोदना) from 1.1.2 is what acodanā (अचोदना) denies of them.

Split: stutiḥ (स्तुतिः) + tu (तु) + śabda-pūrvatvāt (शब्द-पूर्वत्वात्) + acodanā (अचोदना) + ca (च) + tasya (तस्य)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
stutiḥ (स्तुतिः)	nominative singular, feminine	praise
tu (तु)	indeclinable	but
śabda-pūrvatvāt (शब्द-पूर्वत्वात्)	ablative singular, neuter	because the word is prior
acodanā (अचोदना)	nominative singular, feminine	a non-injunction, the absence of a prompting
ca (च)	indeclinable	and
tasya (तस्य)	genitive singular, neuter	of that other tool

The phrases

The reason-reading does not hold. That the making of food is the reason is a meaning that follows the word. The word says it of the basket, in the offering that uses the basket. It does not say it of the spoon and the pot.

So the word is prior to the supposed general reason. And there is no injunction of that other tool. The sentence is praise of the basket. It is not a command that every food-making implement may replace it.

Sanskrit in this line

The pāṭha (पाठ) writes sthitis tu and then śabdapūrvatvādacodanāca (शब्दपूर्वत्वादचोदनाच) as one string. The bhāṣya (भाष्य) reads stutiḥ (स्तुतिः) tu, and the line is stutis tu śabdapūrvatvād (शब्दपूर्वत्वाद्) acodanā (अचोदना) ca tasya. Acodanā (अचोदना) is the negation of codanā (चोदना).

Say it back

Hold the decision: the basket is praised. The pot is not thereby enjoined.

1.2.28. Praise of what does not really make food is called improper.