3.2.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.14
प्रतिपत्तिरिति चेत् स्विष्टकृद्वदुभयसंस्कारः स्यात्
pratipattir iti cet sviṣṭakṛdvadubhayasaṃskāraḥ syāt
The line
If you say that an understanding, then a compound: sviṣṭa (स्विष्ट), kṛdvadu (कृद्वदु), fear, and a compounded thing, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + sviṣṭa-kṛdvadu-bhaya-saṃskāraḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्वदु-भय-संस्कारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) | nominative singular | an understanding |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| sviṣṭa-kṛdvadu-bhaya-saṃskāraḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्वदु-भय-संस्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: sviṣṭa (स्विष्ट), kṛdvadu (कृद्वदु), fear, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) is an understanding. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it pratipattir. 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.
sviṣṭa-kṛdvadu-bhaya-saṃskāraḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्वदु-भय-संस्कारः) is a compound: sviṣṭa (स्विष्ट), kṛdvadu (कृद्वदु), fear, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sviṣṭa-kṛdvadu-bhaya-saṃskāraḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्वदु-भय-संस्कारः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pratipattir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) and sviṣṭa-kṛdvadu-bhaya-saṃskāraḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्वदु-भय-संस्कारः).