11.1.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.40
भक्त्येति चेत्
bhaktyeti cet
The line
If you say that by means of by devotion, 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. dṛṣṭaḥ (दृष्टः) from 11.1.39 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bhaktyā (भक्त्या) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhaktyā (भक्त्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by devotion |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
bhaktyā (भक्त्या) is by devotion. It stands as instrumental singular, feminine. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as bhaktyeti.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
bhaktyā (भक्त्या) is instrumental singular, feminine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as bhaktyeti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhaktyā (भक्त्या).