11.2.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.18
पशौ तु चोदनैकत्वात् तन्त्रस्य विप्रकर्षः स्यात्
paśau tu codanaikatvāt tantrasya viprakarṣaḥ syāt
The line
An animal offering but, because of a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that, of a shared performance, viprakarṣa (विप्रकर्ष), it would be, let it be granted.
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: paśau (पशौ) + tu (तु) + codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) + tantrasya (तन्त्रस्य) + viprakarṣaḥ (विप्रकर्षः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paśau (पशौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | an animal offering |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tantrasya (तन्त्रस्य) | genitive singular | a shared performance |
| viprakarṣaḥ (विप्रकर्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | viprakarṣa (विप्रकर्ष) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
paśau (पशौ) is an animal offering. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) is a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
tantrasya (तन्त्रस्य) is a shared performance. It stands as genitive singular. viprakarṣaḥ (विप्रकर्षः) is viprakarṣa (विप्रकर्ष). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paśau (पशौ) and codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्).