5.3.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.16
क्रत्वग्निशेषा वा चोदितत्वादचोदनानुपूर्वस्य
kratvagniśeṣā vā coditatvād acodanānupūrvasya
The line
A compound: a rite, fire, and the rest, what remains over or, because of coditatva (चोदितत्व), of a compound: acodanānu (अचोदनानु), and the earlier.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Order. Sequence is fixed by the order of the words, and by other rules when the words do not decide. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kratu-agni-śeṣā (क्रतु-अग्नि-शेषा) + vā (वा) + coditatvād (चोदितत्वाद्) + acodanānu-pūrvasya (अचोदनानु-पूर्वस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kratu-agni-śeṣā (क्रतु-अग्नि-शेषा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: a rite, fire, and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| coditatvād (चोदितत्वाद्) | ablative singular | coditatva (चोदितत्व) |
| acodanānu-pūrvasya (अचोदनानु-पूर्वस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: acodanānu (अचोदनानु), and the earlier. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kratu-agni-śeṣā (क्रतु-अग्नि-शेषा) is a compound: a rite, fire, and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
coditatvād (चोदितत्वाद्) is coditatva (चोदितत्व). It stands as ablative singular. acodanānu-pūrvasya (अचोदनानु-पूर्वस्य) is a compound: acodanānu (अचोदनानु), and the earlier. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
acodanānu-pūrvasya (अचोदनानु-पूर्वस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kratu-agni-śeṣā (क्रतु-अग्नि-शेषा) and coditatvād (चोदितत्वाद्).