11.4.49
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.49
अपि वा चोदनैककालमैककर्म्यं स्यात्
api vā codanaikakālam aikakarmyaṃ syāt
The line
Even or, a compound: a command, one, and time, being one and the same act, 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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + codanā-eka-kālam (चोदना-एक-कालम्) + aikakarmyaṃ (ऐककर्म्यं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| codanā-eka-kālam (चोदना-एक-कालम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a command, one, and time. Read it from the end |
| aikakarmyaṃ (ऐककर्म्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | being one and the same act |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. codanā-eka-kālam (चोदना-एक-कालम्) is a compound: a command, one, and time. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
aikakarmyaṃ (ऐककर्म्यं) is being one and the same act. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-eka-kālam (चोदना-एक-कालम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā-eka-kālam (चोदना-एक-कालम्) and aikakarmyaṃ (ऐककर्म्यं).