3.2.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.6
नकालविधिश् चोदितत्वात्
nakālavidhiś coditatvāt
The line
Not a compound: time, and vidha (विध), because of coditatva (चोदितत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The line is short. tathā-havānam (तथा-हवानम्) from 3.2.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na-kāla-vidhiḥ (न-काल-विधिः) + coditatvāt (चोदितत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na-kāla-vidhiḥ (न-काल-विधिः) | nominative singular | not a compound: time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
| coditatvāt (चोदितत्वात्) | ablative singular | coditatva (चोदितत्व) |
The phrases
na-kāla-vidhiḥ (न-काल-विधिः) is not a compound: time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it kālavidhiś (कालविधिश्).
coditatvāt (चोदितत्वात्) is coditatva (चोदितत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
na-kāla-vidhiḥ (न-काल-विधिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kālavidhiś (कालविधिश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss na-kāla-vidhiḥ (न-काल-विधिः) and coditatvāt (चोदितत्वात्).