3.6.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.8
चोदनार्थकार्त्स्न्यात् तु मुख्यविप्रतिषेधात् प्रकृत्यर्थः
codanārthakārtsnyāt tu mukhyavipratiṣedhāt prakṛtyarthaḥ
The line
Because of a compound: a command, a thing, a meaning, and kārtsnya (कार्त्स्न्य) but, because of a compound: primary, and a conflict between two rules, a compound: nature, what is seen, and a thing, a meaning.
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: codanā-artha-kārtsnyāt (चोदना-अर्थ-कार्त्स्न्यात्) + tu (तु) + mukhya-vipratiṣedhāt (मुख्य-विप्रतिषेधात्) + prakṛti-arthaḥ (प्रकृति-अर्थः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| codanā-artha-kārtsnyāt (चोदना-अर्थ-कार्त्स्न्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, a thing, a meaning, and kārtsnya (कार्त्स्न्य). Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| mukhya-vipratiṣedhāt (मुख्य-विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a compound: primary, and a conflict between two rules. Read it from the end |
| prakṛti-arthaḥ (प्रकृति-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: nature, what is seen, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
The phrases
codanā-artha-kārtsnyāt (चोदना-अर्थ-कार्त्स्न्यात्) is a compound: a command, a thing, a meaning, and kārtsnya (कार्त्स्न्य). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
mukhya-vipratiṣedhāt (मुख्य-विप्रतिषेधात्) is a compound: primary, and a conflict between two rules. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. prakṛti-arthaḥ (प्रकृति-अर्थः) is a compound: nature, what is seen, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-artha-kārtsnyāt (चोदना-अर्थ-कार्त्स्न्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā-artha-kārtsnyāt (चोदना-अर्थ-कार्त्स्न्यात्) and mukhya-vipratiṣedhāt (मुख्य-विप्रतिषेधात्).