10.4.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.24
शेषाणां वा चोदनैकत्वात् तस्मात् सर्वत्र श्रूयते
śeṣāṇāṃ vā codanaikatvāt tasmāt sarvatra śrūyate
The line
Of the rest, what remains over or, because of a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that, because of from that, everywhere, in śrūyata (श्रूयत).
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: śeṣāṇāṃ (शेषाणां) + vā (वा) + codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + sarvatra (सर्वत्र) + śrūyate (श्रूयते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śeṣāṇāṃ (शेषाणां) | genitive plural | the rest, what remains over |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| sarvatra (सर्वत्र) | indeclinable | everywhere |
| śrūyate (श्रूयते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | śrūyata (श्रूयत) |
The phrases
śeṣāṇāṃ (शेषाणां) is the rest, what remains over. It stands as genitive plural. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) is a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular. sarvatra (सर्वत्र) is everywhere. It stands as indeclinable. śrūyate (श्रूयते) is śrūyata (श्रूयत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣāṇāṃ (शेषाणां) and codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्).