10.8.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.10
प्रतिषेधादकर्मेति चेत्
pratiṣedhād akarmeti cet
The line
If you say that because of a denial, not an action, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. upavādaś (उपवादश्) from 10.8.9 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) + a-karma (अ-कर्म) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a denial |
| a-karma (अ-कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | not an action |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) is a denial. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pratiṣedhād (प्रतिषेधाद्). a-karma (अ-कर्म) is not an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as akarmeti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pratiṣedhād (प्रतिषेधाद्). The line joins it on as akarmeti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) and a-karma (अ-कर्म).
Next
10.8.11. Not because of a compound: a word, the earlier, and the state of being that.