3.8.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.42
मांसं तु सवनीयानां चोदनाविशेषात्
māṃsaṃ tu savanīyānāṃ codanāviśeṣāt
The line
māṃsa (मांस) but, of savanīya (सवनीय), a Vedic command, because of because of a difference.
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: māṃsaṃ (मांसं) + tu (तु) + savanīyānāṃ (सवनीयानां) + codanā (चोदना) + viśeṣāt (विशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| māṃsaṃ (मांसं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | māṃsa (मांस) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| savanīyānāṃ (सवनीयानां) | genitive plural | savanīya (सवनीय) |
| codanā (चोदना) | nominative singular, feminine | a Vedic command |
| viśeṣāt (विशेषात्) | ablative singular | because of a difference |
The phrases
māṃsaṃ (मांसं) is māṃsa (मांस). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. savanīyānāṃ (सवनीयानां) is savanīya (सवनीय). It stands as genitive plural.
codanā (चोदना) is a Vedic command. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. viśeṣāt (विशेषात्) is because of a difference. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as codanāviśeṣāt (चोदनाविशेषात्).
Sanskrit in this line
savanīyānāṃ (सवनीयानां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as codanāviśeṣāt (चोदनाविशेषात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss māṃsaṃ (मांसं) and savanīyānāṃ (सवनीयानां).