10.6.60
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.60
यजतिचोदनादहीनत्वं स्वामिनां चास्थितपरिमाणत्वात्
yajaticodanād ahīnatvaṃ svāmināṃ cāsthitaparimāṇatvāt
The line
Because of yajaticodana (यजतिचोदन), ahīnatva (अहीनत्व), of an owner, a compound: cāsthita (चास्थित), measure, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: yajaticodanād (यजतिचोदनाद्) + ahīnatvaṃ (अहीनत्वं) + svāmināṃ (स्वामिनां) + cāsthita-parimāṇa-tvāta (चास्थित-परिमाण-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yajaticodanād (यजतिचोदनाद्) | ablative singular | yajaticodana (यजतिचोदन) |
| ahīnatvaṃ (अहीनत्वं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | ahīnatva (अहीनत्व) |
| svāmināṃ (स्वामिनां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | an owner |
| cāsthita-parimāṇa-tvāta (चास्थित-परिमाण-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: cāsthita (चास्थित), measure, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
yajaticodanād (यजतिचोदनाद्) is yajaticodana (यजतिचोदन). It stands as ablative singular. ahīnatvaṃ (अहीनत्वं) is ahīnatva (अहीनत्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
svāmināṃ (स्वामिनां) is an owner. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. cāsthita-parimāṇa-tvāta (चास्थित-परिमाण-त्वात) is a compound: cāsthita (चास्थित), measure, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
cāsthita-parimāṇa-tvāta (चास्थित-परिमाण-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yajaticodanād (यजतिचोदनाद्) and ahīnatvaṃ (अहीनत्वं).