12.3.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.6
स्विष्टकृच्छ्रपणान् नेति चेद् विकारः पवमानवत्
sviṣṭakṛcchrapaṇān neti ced vikāraḥ pavamānavat
The line
If you say that sviṣṭakṛcchrapaṇa (स्विष्टकृच्छ्रपण), not, then a transformation, pavamānavat (पवमानवत्).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sviṣṭakṛcchrapaṇān (स्विष्टकृच्छ्रपणान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + ced (चेद्) + vikāraḥ (विकारः) + pavamānavat (पवमानवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sviṣṭakṛcchrapaṇān (स्विष्टकृच्छ्रपणान्) | accusative plural, masculine | sviṣṭakṛcchrapaṇa (स्विष्टकृच्छ्रपण) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| ced (चेद्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before a voiced sound |
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| pavamānavat (पवमानवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
sviṣṭakṛcchrapaṇān (स्विष्टकृच्छ्रपणान्) is sviṣṭakṛcchrapaṇa (स्विष्टकृच्छ्रपण). 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.
ced (चेद्) is if you say. cet before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pavamānavat (पवमानवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
sviṣṭakṛcchrapaṇān (स्विष्टकृच्छ्रपणान्) 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 sviṣṭakṛcchrapaṇān (स्विष्टकृच्छ्रपणान्) and vikāraḥ (विकारः).