2.4.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.24
लिङ्गमविशिष्टं सर्वशेषत्वान् न हि तत्र कर्मचोदना तस्मात् द्वादशाहस्याहारव्यपदेशः स्यात्
liṅgamaviśiṣṭaṃ sarvaśeṣatvān na hi tatra karmacodanā tasmāt dvādaśāhasyāhāravyapadeśaḥ syāt
The line
A compound: a mark, mavi (मवि), and śiṣṭa (शिष्ट), a compound: all, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that, not. There, an action, a Vedic command, because of from that, a compound: dvāda (द्वाद), śāha (शाह), syāhāra (स्याहार), and a designation, it would be, let it be granted.
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: liṅga-mavi-śiṣṭaṃ (लिङ्ग-मवि-शिष्टं) + sarva-śeṣa-tvān (सर्व-शेष-त्वान्) + na (न) + hi (हि) + tatra (तत्र) + karma (कर्म) + codanā (चोदना) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + dvāda-śāha-syāhāra-vyapadeśaḥ (द्वाद-शाह-स्याहार-व्यपदेशः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅga-mavi-śiṣṭaṃ (लिङ्ग-मवि-शिष्टं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a mark, mavi (मवि), and śiṣṭa (शिष्ट). Read it from the end |
| sarva-śeṣa-tvān (सर्व-शेष-त्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: all, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| codanā (चोदना) | nominative singular, feminine | a Vedic command |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| dvāda-śāha-syāhāra-vyapadeśaḥ (द्वाद-शाह-स्याहार-व्यपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: dvāda (द्वाद), śāha (शाह), syāhāra (स्याहार), and a designation. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
liṅga-mavi-śiṣṭaṃ (लिङ्ग-मवि-शिष्टं) is a compound: a mark, mavi (मवि), and śiṣṭa (शिष्ट). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. sarva-śeṣa-tvān (सर्व-शेष-त्वान्) is a compound: all, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. tatra (तत्र) is there. 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). tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular. dvāda-śāha-syāhāra-vyapadeśaḥ (द्वाद-शाह-स्याहार-व्यपदेशः) is a compound: dvāda (द्वाद), śāha (शाह), syāhāra (स्याहार), and a designation. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dvāda-śāha-syāhāra-vyapadeśaḥ (द्वाद-शाह-स्याहार-व्यपदेशः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as karmacodanā (कर्मचोदना).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅga-mavi-śiṣṭaṃ (लिङ्ग-मवि-शिष्टं) and sarva-śeṣa-tvān (सर्व-शेष-त्वान्).