11.3.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.53
न चोदनापृथक्त्वात्
na codanāpṛthaktvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: a command, and separateness.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The line is short. vikāra-sthāne (विकार-स्थाने) from 11.3.52 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + codanā-pṛthaktvāt (चोदना-पृथक्त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| codanā-pṛthaktvāt (चोदना-पृथक्त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, and separateness. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
codanā-pṛthaktvāt (चोदना-पृथक्त्वात्) is a compound: a command, and separateness. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-pṛthaktvāt (चोदना-पृथक्त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā-pṛthaktvāt (चोदना-पृथक्त्वात्).