10.3.58
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.58
चोदनानामनाश्रयाल् लिङ्गेन नियमः स्यात्
codanānām anāśrayāl liṅgena niyamaḥ syāt
The line
Of a command, anāśrayāl (अनाश्रयाल्), by means of a mark, a restriction, it would be, let it be granted.
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: codanānām (चोदनानाम्) + anāśrayāl (अनाश्रयाल्) + liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) + niyamaḥ (नियमः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| codanānām (चोदनानाम्) | genitive plural | a command |
| anāśrayāl (अनाश्रयाल्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) | instrumental singular | a mark |
| niyamaḥ (नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a restriction |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
codanānām (चोदनानाम्) is a command. It stands as genitive plural. anāśrayāl (अनाश्रयाल्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) is a mark. It stands as instrumental singular.
niyamaḥ (नियमः) is a restriction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanānām (चोदनानाम्) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanānām (चोदनानाम्) and anāśrayāl (अनाश्रयाल्).