10.8.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.39
कर्तुः स्यादिति चेत्
kartuḥ syād iti cet
The line
If you say that of an agent, 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. kṛtsnatvāt (कृत्स्नत्वात्) from 10.8.38 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kartuḥ (कर्तुः) + syād (स्याद्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kartuḥ (कर्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | an agent |
| 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
kartuḥ (कर्तुः) is an agent. It stands as genitive or ablative 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
kartuḥ (कर्तुः) is genitive or ablative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kartuḥ (कर्तुः) and syād (स्याद्).