10.4.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.23
विधिशब्दस्य मन्त्रत्वे भावः स्यात् तेन चोदना
vidhiśabdasya mantratve bhāvaḥ syāt tena codanā
The line
Of a compound: an injunction, and a word, in a compound: a mantra, and the state of being that, a being, a state, it would be, let it be granted, by means of by that, a Vedic command.
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: vidhi-śabdasya (विधि-शब्दस्य) + mantra-tve (मन्त्र-त्वे) + bhāvaḥ (भावः) + syāt (स्यात्) + tena (तेन) + codanā (चोदना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidhi-śabdasya (विधि-शब्दस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: an injunction, and a word. Read it from the end |
| mantra-tve (मन्त्र-त्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a mantra, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| bhāvaḥ (भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a being, a state |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | by that |
| codanā (चोदना) | nominative singular, feminine | a Vedic command |
The phrases
vidhi-śabdasya (विधि-शब्दस्य) is a compound: an injunction, and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular. mantra-tve (मन्त्र-त्वे) is a compound: a mantra, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. bhāvaḥ (भावः) is a being, a state. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tena (तेन) is by that. It stands as instrumental singular. codanā (चोदना) is a Vedic command. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhi-śabdasya (विधि-शब्दस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidhi-śabdasya (विधि-शब्दस्य) and mantra-tve (मन्त्र-त्वे).