1.3.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.20
न स्याद् देशान्तरेष्विति चेत्
na syād deśāntareṣv iti cet
The line
If you say the name would not hold in other countries, the example of Māthura (माथुर) is the objection.
नेपालीमा
यदि अरू देशमा नाम अड्दैन भन्छौ भने, माथुरको उदाहरण आक्षेप हो।
Where it sits
ākhyā (आख्या) and deśasaṃyogāt (देशसंयोगात्) from 1.3.19 are what iti cet attacks. na syāt (स्यात्) is the objector's consequence, not yet the decision. Māthura (माथुर) is his counterexample. The next line answers it.
Split: na (न) + syāt (स्यात्) + deśa-antareṣu (देश-अन्तरेषु) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| syāt (स्यात्) | third person singular, optative, of the verb as | it would be |
| deśa-antareṣu (देश-अन्तरेषु) | locative plural, masculine | in other countries |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if |
The phrases
If you say: were the name from connection with a place, it would not belong to a man who stands in another country.
But a man is called Māthura (माथुर) even when he is not then tied to Mathurā (मथुरा). So, the objector says, the name is not from a place.
Sanskrit in this line
syāt (स्यात्) before deśāntareṣu (देशान्तरेषु) is heard as syād (स्याद्). deśāntareṣu (देशान्तरेषु) before iti is heard as deśāntareṣv (देशान्तरेष्व्). The locative plural is the other countries, not a second name.
Say it back
State the objection with Māthura (माथुर): the name is used away from Mathurā (मथुरा), so it seems not to come from the place.
Next
1.3.21. A name from a connection still holds away from the place, as Māthura (माथुर) does.