1.2.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.53
विधिशब्दाश् च
vidhiśabdāś ca
The line
And there are injunctive words.
नेपालीमा
र विधि जनाउने शब्द छन्।
Where it sits
Vidhi lends its name to these words inside the mantra. Ca joins them to ūhaḥ (ऊहः) in 1.2.52 and to the mark in 1.2.51. The meaningful mantra is the subject that this line closes.
Split: vidhi-śabdāḥ (विधि-शब्दाः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidhi-śabdāḥ (विधि-शब्दाः) | nominative plural, masculine | injunctive words, words that express a bidding or a wish to be done |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
Injunctive words also repeat the mantras as having an intended meaning. 'May I live a hundred winters, a hundred rains.' The text says: this is what he says.
The optative of wishing is quoted as speech with that wish for its sense. A formula quoted as what someone says is not a string kept only for its sound. Ca adds these words to the modification and to the indicative mark.
Sanskrit in this line
Vidhiśabda (विधिशब्द) is a tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष), a word that expresses a vidhi. The nominative plural is the predicate. The mantra is understood as the place where they occur.
Say it back
Close the pāda (पाद): a mantra that says 'may I live a hundred winters' is quoted as a wish, so its words mean.