7.4.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.4.12
लिङ्गस्य पूर्ववत्तवाच् चोदनाशब्दसामान्यादेकेनापि निरूप्येत यथा स्थालीपुलाकेन
liṅgasya pūrvavattavāc codanāśabdasāmānyād ekenāpi nirūpyeta yathā sthālīpulākena
The line
Of of a mark, because of a compound: the kind that has a forerunner, and tava (तव), because of a compound: a command, a word, and a common case, some, not even, nirūpyeta (निरूप्येत), as, by means of sthālīpulāka (स्थालीपुलाक).
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: liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) + pūrvavat-tavāt (पूर्ववत्-तवात्) + codanā-śabda-sāmānyāt (चोदना-शब्द-सामान्यात्) + eke (एके) + na (न) + api (अपि) + nirūpyeta (निरूप्येत) + yathā (यथा) + sthālīpulākena (स्थालीपुलाकेन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) | genitive singular | of a mark |
| pūrvavat-tavāt (पूर्ववत्-तवात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the kind that has a forerunner, and tava (तव). Read it from the end |
| codanā-śabda-sāmānyāt (चोदना-शब्द-सामान्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, a word, and a common case. Read it from the end |
| eke (एके) | nominative plural, masculine | some |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| nirūpyeta (निरूप्येत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| sthālīpulākena (स्थालीपुलाकेन) | instrumental singular | sthālīpulāka (स्थालीपुलाक) |
The phrases
liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) is of a mark. It stands as genitive singular. pūrvavat-tavāt (पूर्ववत्-तवात्) is a compound: the kind that has a forerunner, and tava (तव). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pūrvavattavāc (पूर्ववत्तवाच्). codanā-śabda-sāmānyāt (चोदना-शब्द-सामान्यात्) is a compound: a command, a word, and a common case. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it codanāśabdasāmānyād (चोदनाशब्दसामान्याद्). eke (एके) is some. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as ekena.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as ekenāpi (एकेनापि). nirūpyeta (निरूप्येत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. sthālīpulākena (स्थालीपुलाकेन) is sthālīpulāka (स्थालीपुलाक). It stands as instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-śabda-sāmānyāt (चोदना-शब्द-सामान्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pūrvavattavāc (पूर्ववत्तवाच्). The line writes it codanāśabdasāmānyād (चोदनाशब्दसामान्याद्). The line joins them as ekena. The line joins it on as ekenāpi (एकेनापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) and pūrvavat-tavāt (पूर्ववत्-तवात्).