7.4.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.4.10
विध्यन्तो वा प्रकृतिवच् चोदनायां प्रवर्तेत तथा हि लिङ्गदर्शनम्
vidhyanto vā prakṛtivac codanāyāṃ pravarteta tathā hi liṅgadarśanam
The line
A compound: an injunction, and anta (अन्त) or, a compound: nature, what is seen, and vaca (वच), a compound: a command, and yāṃa (यांअ), pravarteta (प्रवर्तेत), so, in that way. A compound: a mark, and seeing.
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: vidhi-antaḥ (विधि-अन्तः) + vā (वा) + prakṛti-vaca (प्रकृति-वच) + codanā-yāṃa (चोदना-यांअ) + pravarteta (प्रवर्तेत) + tathā (तथा) + hi (हि) + liṅga-darśanam (लिङ्ग-दर्शनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidhi-antaḥ (विधि-अन्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: an injunction, and anta (अन्त). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakṛti-vaca (प्रकृति-वच) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: nature, what is seen, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end |
| codanā-yāṃa (चोदना-यांअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a command, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end |
| pravarteta (प्रवर्तेत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| liṅga-darśanam (लिङ्ग-दर्शनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a mark, and seeing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vidhi-antaḥ (विधि-अन्तः) is a compound: an injunction, and anta (अन्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vidhyanto. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. prakṛti-vaca (प्रकृति-वच) is a compound: nature, what is seen, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. codanā-yāṃa (चोदना-यांअ) is a compound: a command, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
pravarteta (प्रवर्तेत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. liṅga-darśanam (लिङ्ग-दर्शनम्) is a compound: a mark, and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅga-darśanam (लिङ्ग-दर्शनम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vidhyanto.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidhi-antaḥ (विधि-अन्तः) and prakṛti-vaca (प्रकृति-वच).