11.1.65
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.65
क्वचिद् विधानान् नेति चेत्
kvacid vidhānān neti cet
The line
If you say that where, some. cit before a voiced sound, a rule, not, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kva (क्व) + cid (चिद्) + vidhānān (विधानान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where |
| cid (चिद्) | indeclinable | some. cit before a voiced sound |
| vidhānān (विधानान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a rule |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
kva (क्व) is where. It stands as indeclinable. cid (चिद्) is some. cit before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kvacid. vidhānān (विधानान्) is a rule. It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as neti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhānān (विधानान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as kvacid. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kva (क्व) and cid (चिद्).
Next
11.1.66. Not of an injunction, because of coditatva (चोदितत्व).