11.3.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.27
अग्निवदिति चेत्
agnivad iti cet
The line
If you say that a compound: fire, and vada (वद), 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. tad-bhūta-sthānāt (तद्-भूत-स्थानात्) from 11.3.26 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: agni-vada (अग्नि-वद) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| agni-vada (अग्नि-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: fire, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
agni-vada (अग्नि-वद) is a compound: fire, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. 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
agni-vada (अग्नि-वद) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss agni-vada (अग्नि-वद).
Next
11.3.28. Not because of a compound: a performance, sādhā (साधा), and raṇya (रण्य).