4.2.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.27
यजति चोदनाद्रव्यदेवताक्रियं समुदाये कृतार्थत्वात्
yajati codanādravyadevatākriyaṃ samudāye kṛtārthatvāt
The line
In yajata (यजत), a compound: a command, a substance, a deity, and kriya (क्रिय), in samudāya (समुदाय), because of a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: yajati (यजति) + codanā-dravya-devatā-kriyaṃ (चोदना-द्रव्य-देवता-क्रियं) + samudāye (समुदाये) + kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yajati (यजति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | yajata (यजत) |
| codanā-dravya-devatā-kriyaṃ (चोदना-द्रव्य-देवता-क्रियं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a command, a substance, a deity, and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end |
| samudāye (समुदाये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | samudāya (समुदाय) |
| kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
yajati (यजति) is yajata (यजत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. codanā-dravya-devatā-kriyaṃ (चोदना-द्रव्य-देवता-क्रियं) is a compound: a command, a substance, a deity, and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
samudāye (समुदाये) is samudāya (समुदाय). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-dravya-devatā-kriyaṃ (चोदना-द्रव्य-देवता-क्रियं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yajati (यजति) and codanā-dravya-devatā-kriyaṃ (चोदना-द्रव्य-देवता-क्रियं).