3.3.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.17
द्वित्वबहुत्वयुक्तं वा चोदनात् तस्य
dvitvabahutvayuktaṃ vā codanāt tasya
The line
A compound: two, the state of being that, being many, and fit, right or, because of a command, of of that, his.
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: dvi-tva-bahutva-yuktaṃ (द्वि-त्व-बहुत्व-युक्तं) + vā (वा) + codanāt (चोदनात्) + tasya (तस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dvi-tva-bahutva-yuktaṃ (द्वि-त्व-बहुत्व-युक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: two, the state of being that, being many, and fit, right. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| codanāt (चोदनात्) | ablative singular | a command |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
The phrases
dvi-tva-bahutva-yuktaṃ (द्वि-त्व-बहुत्व-युक्तं) is a compound: two, the state of being that, being many, and fit, right. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
codanāt (चोदनात्) is a command. It stands as ablative singular. tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dvi-tva-bahutva-yuktaṃ (द्वि-त्व-बहुत्व-युक्तं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dvi-tva-bahutva-yuktaṃ (द्वि-त्व-बहुत्व-युक्तं) and codanāt (चोदनात्).
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3.3.18. If you say that of a compound: pakṣe (पक्षे), ṇārtha (णार्थ), and made, done, then.