12.1.35
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.35
ब्रह्मापीति चेत्
brahmāpīti cet
The line
If you say that in brahmāpīta (ब्रह्मापीत), then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. pravṛttavaraṇāt (प्रवृत्तवरणात्) from 12.1.34 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: brahmāpīti (ब्रह्मापीति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| brahmāpīti (ब्रह्मापीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | brahmāpīta (ब्रह्मापीत) |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
brahmāpīti (ब्रह्मापीति) is brahmāpīta (ब्रह्मापीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
brahmāpīti (ब्रह्मापीति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss brahmāpīti (ब्रह्मापीति).
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12.1.36. Not because of prāṅniyama (प्राङ्नियम), that, the thing, for the sake of.