2.2.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.10
चोदना वाप्रकृतत्वात्
codanā vāprakṛtatvāt
The line
A Vedic command, a compound: vāpra (वाप्र), made, done, and tvāta (त्वात).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The line is short. paurṇamāsīvad (पौर्णमासीवद्) from 2.2.9 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: codanā (चोदना) + vāpra-kṛta-tvāta (वाप्र-कृत-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| codanā (चोदना) | nominative singular, feminine | a Vedic command |
| vāpra-kṛta-tvāta (वाप्र-कृत-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: vāpra (वाप्र), made, done, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
codanā (चोदना) is a Vedic command. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
vāpra-kṛta-tvāta (वाप्र-कृत-त्वात) is a compound: vāpra (वाप्र), made, done, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
vāpra-kṛta-tvāta (वाप्र-कृत-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā (चोदना) and vāpra-kṛta-tvāta (वाप्र-कृत-त्वात).