8.4.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.18
तच्चोदना वेष्टेः प्रवृत्तित्वाद् विधिः स्यात्
taccodanā veṣṭeḥ pravṛttitvād vidhiḥ syāt
The line
That. tat before c, a Vedic command, of a compound: or, and wanted, because of a compound: activity, setting out to act, and the state of being that, an injunction, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Transfer by specific indications. The signs in a variant rite's own sentence say which model it borrows from. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tac (तच्) + codanā (चोदना) + vā-iṣṭeḥ (वा-इष्टेः) + pravṛtti-tvāt (प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) + vidhiḥ (विधिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tac (तच्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that. tat before c |
| codanā (चोदना) | nominative singular, feminine | a Vedic command |
| vā-iṣṭeḥ (वा-इष्टेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: or, and wanted. Read it from the end |
| pravṛtti-tvāt (प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: activity, setting out to act, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| vidhiḥ (विधिः) | nominative singular | an injunction |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tac (तच्) is that. tat before c. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. codanā (चोदना) is a Vedic command. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. The line joins them as taccodanā (तच्चोदना). vā-iṣṭeḥ (वा-इष्टेः) is a compound: or, and wanted. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
pravṛtti-tvāt (प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) is a compound: activity, setting out to act, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pravṛttitvād (प्रवृत्तित्वाद्). vidhiḥ (विधिः) is an injunction. It stands as nominative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pravṛtti-tvāt (प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as taccodanā (तच्चोदना). The line writes it pravṛttitvād (प्रवृत्तित्वाद्). The file uses this same number again for the next line. That line is 8.4.18b.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tac (तच्) and codanā (चोदना).