3.3.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.22
एकदेश इति चेत्
ekadeśa iti cet
The line
If you say that one part, then.
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 line is short. codanā (चोदना) from 3.3.21 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | one part |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) is one part. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it ekadeśa (एकदेश). 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
ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it ekadeśa (एकदेश).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः).
Next
3.3.23. Not of of nature, from the model, of aśāstraniṣpatta (अशास्त्रनिष्पत्त).