10.5.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.28
अविशेषान् नेति चेत्
aviśeṣān neti cet
The line
If you say that no difference, not, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. abhyāsena (अभ्यासेन) from 10.5.27 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aviśeṣān (अविशेषान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aviśeṣān (अविशेषान्) | accusative plural, masculine | no difference |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
aviśeṣān (अविशेषान्) is no difference. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as neti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
aviśeṣān (अविशेषान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aviśeṣān (अविशेषान्).