11.2.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.10
न चोदनाविधिशेषत्वान् नियमार्थो विशेषः
na codanāvidhiśeṣatvān niyamārtho viśeṣaḥ
The line
Not a compound: a command, an injunction, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that, a compound: a restriction, and a thing, a meaning, a difference.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + codanā-vidhi-śeṣa-tvān (चोदना-विधि-शेष-त्वान्) + niyama-arthaḥ (नियम-अर्थः) + viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| codanā-vidhi-śeṣa-tvān (चोदना-विधि-शेष-त्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a command, an injunction, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| niyama-arthaḥ (नियम-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a restriction, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. codanā-vidhi-śeṣa-tvān (चोदना-विधि-शेष-त्वान्) is a compound: a command, an injunction, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
niyama-arthaḥ (नियम-अर्थः) is a compound: a restriction, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it niyamārtho (नियमार्थो). viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) is a difference. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-vidhi-śeṣa-tvān (चोदना-विधि-शेष-त्वान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it niyamārtho (नियमार्थो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā-vidhi-śeṣa-tvān (चोदना-विधि-शेष-त्वान्) and niyama-arthaḥ (नियम-अर्थः).