10.7.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.28
प्रतिषेधः स्यादिति चेत्
pratiṣedhaḥ syād iti cet
The line
If you say that a denial, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. adhikaṃ (अधिकं) from 10.7.27 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) + syād (स्याद्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a denial |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) is a denial. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) and syād (स्याद्).