3.2.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.9
विधिकोपश् चोपदेशे स्यात्
vidhikopaś copadeśe syāt
The line
A compound: an injunction, and kopa (कोप), in a compound: and, and teaching, it would be, let it be granted.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vidhi-kopaḥ (विधि-कोपः) + ca-upadeśe (च-उपदेशे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidhi-kopaḥ (विधि-कोपः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: an injunction, and kopa (कोप). Read it from the end |
| ca-upadeśe (च-उपदेशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: and, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vidhi-kopaḥ (विधि-कोपः) is a compound: an injunction, and kopa (कोप). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vidhikopaś (विधिकोपश्). ca-upadeśe (च-उपदेशे) is a compound: and, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhi-kopaḥ (विधि-कोपः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vidhikopaś (विधिकोपश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidhi-kopaḥ (विधि-कोपः) and ca-upadeśe (च-उपदेशे).