3.5.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.9
न चोदनाविरोधाद् धविः प्रकल्पनात्वाच् च
na codanāvirodhād dhaviḥ prakalpanātvāc ca
The line
Not because of a compound: a command, and absence of collision, dhava (धव), because of prakalpanātva (प्रकल्पनात्व) and.
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: na (न) + codanā-avirodhāt (चोदना-अविरोधात्) + dhaviḥ (धविः) + prakalpanātvāc (प्रकल्पनात्वाच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| codanā-avirodhāt (चोदना-अविरोधात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, and absence of collision. Read it from the end |
| dhaviḥ (धविः) | nominative singular | dhava (धव) |
| prakalpanātvāc (प्रकल्पनात्वाच्) | ablative singular | prakalpanātva (प्रकल्पनात्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. codanā-avirodhāt (चोदना-अविरोधात्) is a compound: a command, and absence of collision. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it codanāvirodhād (चोदनाविरोधाद्). dhaviḥ (धविः) is dhava (धव). It stands as nominative singular.
prakalpanātvāc (प्रकल्पनात्वाच्) is prakalpanātva (प्रकल्पनात्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-avirodhāt (चोदना-अविरोधात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it codanāvirodhād (चोदनाविरोधाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā-avirodhāt (चोदना-अविरोधात्) and dhaviḥ (धविः).