10.2.66
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.66
न चोदनाभिसम्बन्धात् प्रक्रतौ संस्कारयोगात्
na codanābhisambandhāt prakratau saṃskārayogāt
The line
Not because of a compound: coda (चोद), nābhi (नाभि), and a connection, prakrata (प्रक्रत), because of a compound: a compounded thing, and a joining.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + coda-nābhi-sambandhāt (चोद-नाभि-सम्बन्धात्) + prakratau (प्रक्रतौ) + saṃskāra-yogāt (संस्कार-योगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| coda-nābhi-sambandhāt (चोद-नाभि-सम्बन्धात्) | ablative singular | a compound: coda (चोद), nābhi (नाभि), and a connection. Read it from the end |
| prakratau (प्रक्रतौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | prakrata (प्रक्रत) |
| saṃskāra-yogāt (संस्कार-योगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a compounded thing, and a joining. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. coda-nābhi-sambandhāt (चोद-नाभि-सम्बन्धात्) is a compound: coda (चोद), nābhi (नाभि), and a connection. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
prakratau (प्रक्रतौ) is prakrata (प्रक्रत). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. saṃskāra-yogāt (संस्कार-योगात्) is a compound: a compounded thing, and a joining. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
coda-nābhi-sambandhāt (चोद-नाभि-सम्बन्धात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss coda-nābhi-sambandhāt (चोद-नाभि-सम्बन्धात्) and prakratau (प्रक्रतौ).