9.1.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.40
चोदिते तु परार्थत्वाद् विधिवदविकारः स्यात्
codite tu parārthatvād vidhivadavikāraḥ syāt
The line
In codita (चोदित) but, because of because it is for another's sake, a compound: an injunction, vada (वद), and a transformation, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: codite (चोदिते) + tu (तु) + parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) + vidhi-vada-vikāraḥ (विधि-वद-विकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| codite (चोदिते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | codita (चोदित) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for another's sake |
| vidhi-vada-vikāraḥ (विधि-वद-विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: an injunction, vada (वद), and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
codite (चोदिते) is codita (चोदित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is because it is for another's sake. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्).
vidhi-vada-vikāraḥ (विधि-वद-विकारः) is a compound: an injunction, vada (वद), and a transformation. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhi-vada-vikāraḥ (विधि-वद-विकारः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss codite (चोदिते) and parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्).
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9.1.41. A transformation, in having that as its main thing, it would be, let it be granted.