2.1.44
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.44
सर्वेषामिति चेत्
sarveṣām iti cet
The line
If you say that of of all, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The line is short. guṇa-arthaḥ (गुण-अर्थः) from 2.1.43 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) | genitive plural | of all |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) is of all. It stands as genitive plural. 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
sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्).
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2.1.45. Not because of a compound: ṛgvyapa (ऋग्व्यप), and a place.