10.4.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.39
अन्वाहेति च शस्त्रवत्कर्म स्याच् चोदनान्तरात्
anvāheti ca śastravatkarma syāc codanāntarāt
The line
Not or thus and, śastravatkarma (शस्त्रवत्कर्म), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c, because of a compound: a command, and a difference, an interval.
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: an-vā (अन्-वा) + iti (इति) + ca (च) + śastravatkarma (शस्त्रवत्कर्म) + syāc (स्याच्) + codanā-antarāt (चोदना-अन्तरात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| an-vā (अन्-वा) | indeclinable | not or |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śastravatkarma (शस्त्रवत्कर्म) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| syāc (स्याच्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c |
| codanā-antarāt (चोदना-अन्तरात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
The phrases
an-vā (अन्-वा) is not or. It stands as indeclinable. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as anvāheti (अन्वाहेति). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
śastravatkarma (शस्त्रवत्कर्म) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. syāc (स्याच्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c. It stands as optative, third person singular. codanā-antarāt (चोदना-अन्तरात्) is a compound: a command, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śastravatkarma (शस्त्रवत्कर्म) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as anvāheti (अन्वाहेति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss an-vā (अन्-वा) and śastravatkarma (शस्त्रवत्कर्म).