7.1.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.3
चोदनाशेषभावाद् वा तद्भेदाद् व्यवतिष्ठेरन्नुत्पत्तेर् गुणभूतत्वात्
codanāśeṣabhāvād vā tadbhedād vyavatiṣṭherann utpatter guṇabhūtatvāt
The line
Because of a compound: a command, the rest, what remains over, and a state or, because of a compound: that, and a difference, vyavatiṣṭherann (व्यवतिष्ठेरन्न्), of arising, the origin, because of because it stands as a subordinate.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: codanā-śeṣa-bhāvāt (चोदना-शेष-भावात्) + vā (वा) + tad-bhedāt (तद्-भेदात्) + vyavatiṣṭherann (व्यवतिष्ठेरन्न्) + utpatteḥ (उत्पत्तेः) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| codanā-śeṣa-bhāvāt (चोदना-शेष-भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, the rest, what remains over, and a state. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tad-bhedāt (तद्-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| vyavatiṣṭherann (व्यवतिष्ठेरन्न्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| utpatteḥ (उत्पत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | arising, the origin |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
The phrases
codanā-śeṣa-bhāvāt (चोदना-शेष-भावात्) is a compound: a command, the rest, what remains over, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it codanāśeṣabhāvād (चोदनाशेषभावाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. tad-bhedāt (तद्-भेदात्) is a compound: that, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tadbhedād (तद्भेदाद्).
vyavatiṣṭherann (व्यवतिष्ठेरन्न्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. utpatteḥ (उत्पत्तेः) is arising, the origin. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it utpatter. guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-śeṣa-bhāvāt (चोदना-शेष-भावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it codanāśeṣabhāvād (चोदनाशेषभावाद्). The line writes it tadbhedād (तद्भेदाद्). The line writes it utpatter.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codanā-śeṣa-bhāvāt (चोदना-शेष-भावात्) and tad-bhedāt (तद्-भेदात्).