11.1.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.14
एकशब्द्यादिति चेत्
ekaśabdyād iti cet
The line
If you say that because of ekaśabdya (एकशब्द्य), then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The line is short. karma-saṃyogāt (कर्म-संयोगात्) from 11.1.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ekaśabdyād (एकशब्द्याद्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekaśabdyād (एकशब्द्याद्) | ablative singular | ekaśabdya (एकशब्द्य) |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
ekaśabdyād (एकशब्द्याद्) is ekaśabdya (एकशब्द्य). It stands as ablative 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
ekaśabdyād (एकशब्द्याद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekaśabdyād (एकशब्द्याद्).