10.4.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.33
यथोक्तं वा विप्रतिपत्तेर् न चोदना
yathoktaṃ vā vipratipatter na codanā
The line
As, what has been said or, of misunderstanding, not 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: yathā (यथा) + uktaṃ (उक्तं) + vā (वा) + vipratipatteḥ (विप्रतिपत्तेः) + na (न) + codanā (चोदना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| uktaṃ (उक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what has been said |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| vipratipatteḥ (विप्रतिपत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | misunderstanding |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| codanā (चोदना) | nominative singular, feminine | a Vedic command |
The phrases
yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. uktaṃ (उक्तं) is what has been said. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as yathoktaṃ (यथोक्तं). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
vipratipatteḥ (विप्रतिपत्तेः) is misunderstanding. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it vipratipatter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. codanā (चोदना) is a Vedic command. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
vipratipatteḥ (विप्रतिपत्तेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as yathoktaṃ (यथोक्तं). The line writes it vipratipatter.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss uktaṃ (उक्तं) and vipratipatteḥ (विप्रतिपत्तेः).