3.8.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.7
चोदना प्रति भावाच् च
codanā prati bhāvāc ca
The line
A Vedic command, toward, against, because of a state 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: codanā (चोदना) + prati (प्रति) + bhāvāt (भावात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| codanā (चोदना) | nominative singular, feminine | a Vedic command |
| prati (प्रति) | indeclinable | toward, against |
| bhāvāt (भावात्) | ablative singular | a state |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
codanā (चोदना) is a Vedic command. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. prati (प्रति) is toward, against. It stands as indeclinable.
bhāvāt (भावात्) is a state. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it bhāvāc (भावाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā (चोदना) is nominative singular, feminine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it bhāvāc (भावाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā (चोदना) and prati (प्रति).
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