2.3.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.22
द्रव्यं वा स्याच् चोदनायास् तदर्थत्वात्
dravyaṃ vā syāc codanāyās tadarthatvāt
The line
A substance or, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c, a compound: a command, and yāsa (यास), because of because it is for the sake of that.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) + vā (वा) + syāc (स्याच्) + codanā-yāsa (चोदना-यास) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a substance |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syāc (स्याच्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c |
| codanā-yāsa (चोदना-यास) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a command, and yāsa (यास). Read it from the end |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) is a substance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syāc (स्याच्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c. It stands as optative, third person singular.
codanā-yāsa (चोदना-यास) is a compound: a command, and yāsa (यास). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) and syāc (स्याच्).