2.3.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.6
अगुणाच् च कर्मचोदना
aguṇāc ca karmacodanā
The line
Because of aguṇa (अगुण) and, an action, a Vedic command.
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: aguṇāc (अगुणाच्) + ca (च) + karma (कर्म) + codanā (चोदना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aguṇāc (अगुणाच्) | ablative singular | aguṇa (अगुण) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| codanā (चोदना) | nominative singular, feminine | a Vedic command |
The phrases
aguṇāc (अगुणाच्) is aguṇa (अगुण). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. codanā (चोदना) is a Vedic command. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. The line joins them as karmacodanā (कर्मचोदना).
Sanskrit in this line
aguṇāc (अगुणाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as karmacodanā (कर्मचोदना).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aguṇāc (अगुणाच्) and karma (कर्म).