10.4.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.2
चोदनालिङ्गसंयोगे तद्विकारः प्रतीयेत प्रकृतिसन्निधानात्
codanāliṅgasaṃyoge tadvikāraḥ pratīyeta prakṛtisannidhānāt
The line
In a compound: a command, a mark, and conjunction, that, a transformation, would be understood, because of a compound: nature, what is seen, and presence, being at hand.
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: codanā-liṅga-saṃyoge (चोदना-लिङ्ग-संयोगे) + tad (तद्) + vikāraḥ (विकारः) + pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) + prakṛti-sannidhānāt (प्रकृति-सन्निधानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| codanā-liṅga-saṃyoge (चोदना-लिङ्ग-संयोगे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a command, a mark, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) | optative, third person singular | would be understood |
| prakṛti-sannidhānāt (प्रकृति-सन्निधानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, and presence, being at hand. Read it from the end |
The phrases
codanā-liṅga-saṃyoge (चोदना-लिङ्ग-संयोगे) is a compound: a command, a mark, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as tadvikāraḥ (तद्विकारः).
pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) is would be understood. It stands as optative, third person singular. prakṛti-sannidhānāt (प्रकृति-सन्निधानात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, and presence, being at hand. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-liṅga-saṃyoge (चोदना-लिङ्ग-संयोगे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as tadvikāraḥ (तद्विकारः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā-liṅga-saṃyoge (चोदना-लिङ्ग-संयोगे) and vikāraḥ (विकारः).