11.2.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.13
कालभेदान् नेति चेत्
kālabhedān neti cet
The line
If you say that a difference of time, 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 line is short. iṣṭi-rāja-sūya-cātu-rmāsyeṣva (इष्टि-राज-सूय-चातु-र्मास्येष्व) from 11.2.12 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kālabhedān (कालभेदान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kālabhedān (कालभेदान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a difference of time |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
kālabhedān (कालभेदान्) is a difference of time. 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
kālabhedān (कालभेदान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kālabhedān (कालभेदान्).