3.3.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.21
चोदना वापूर्वत्वात्
codanā vāpūrvatvāt
The line
A Vedic command, because of a compound: or, the unseen, and the state of being that.
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. jāghanī (जाघनी) from 3.3.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: codanā (चोदना) + vā-apūrva-tvāt (वा-अपूर्व-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| codanā (चोदना) | nominative singular, feminine | a Vedic command |
| vā-apūrva-tvāt (वा-अपूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
codanā (चोदना) is a Vedic command. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
vā-apūrva-tvāt (वा-अपूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: or, the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vā-apūrva-tvāt (वा-अपूर्व-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā (चोदना) and vā-apūrva-tvāt (वा-अपूर्व-त्वात्).