10.4.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.40
संस्कारो वा चोदितस्य शब्दस्य वचनार्थत्वात्
saṃskāro vā coditasya śabdasya vacanārthatvāt
The line
A compounded thing or, of codita (चोदित), of a word, because of a compound: a statement, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
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: saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) + vā (वा) + coditasya (चोदितस्य) + śabdasya (शब्दस्य) + vacana-artha-tvāt (वचन-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compounded thing |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| coditasya (चोदितस्य) | genitive singular | codita (चोदित) |
| śabdasya (शब्दस्य) | genitive singular | a word |
| vacana-artha-tvāt (वचन-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a statement, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) is a compounded thing. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it saṃskāro (संस्कारो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. coditasya (चोदितस्य) is codita (चोदित). It stands as genitive singular.
śabdasya (शब्दस्य) is a word. It stands as genitive singular. vacana-artha-tvāt (वचन-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a statement, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vacana-artha-tvāt (वचन-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃskāro (संस्कारो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) and coditasya (चोदितस्य).