4.4.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.17
एकचितिर् वा स्यादपवृक्ते हि चोद्यते निमित्तेन
ekacitir vā syād apavṛkte hi codyate nimittena
The line
ekacitir (एकचितिर्) or, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, in apavṛkta (अपवृक्त). In codyata (चोद्यत), by means of the efficient ground.
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: ekacitir (एकचितिर्) + vā (वा) + syād (स्याद्) + apavṛkte (अपवृक्ते) + hi (हि) + codyate (चोद्यते) + nimittena (निमित्तेन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekacitir (एकचितिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| apavṛkte (अपवृक्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | apavṛkta (अपवृक्त) |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| codyate (चोद्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | codyata (चोद्यत) |
| nimittena (निमित्तेन) | instrumental singular | the efficient ground |
The phrases
ekacitir (एकचितिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. apavṛkte (अपवृक्ते) is apavṛkta (अपवृक्त). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. codyate (चोद्यते) is codyata (चोद्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. nimittena (निमित्तेन) is the efficient ground. It stands as instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
nimittena (निमित्तेन) is instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekacitir (एकचितिर्) and syād (स्याद्).