11.1.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.39
दृष्टः प्रयोग इति चेत्
dṛṣṭaḥ prayoga iti cet
The line
If you say that seen, a performance, 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. bahu-vacanena (बहु-वचनेन) from 11.1.38 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: dṛṣṭaḥ (दृष्टः) + prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dṛṣṭaḥ (दृष्टः) | nominative singular, masculine | seen |
| prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a performance |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
dṛṣṭaḥ (दृष्टः) is seen. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) is a performance. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it prayoga.
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
prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it prayoga.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dṛṣṭaḥ (दृष्टः) and prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः).