3.3.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.30
अविशेषात् स्तुतिर् व्यर्थेति चेत्
aviśeṣāt stutir vyartheti cet
The line
If you say that because of because there is no difference, stutir (स्तुतिर्), in vyartheta (व्यर्थेत), 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) + stutir (स्तुतिर्) + vyartheti (व्यर्थेति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | because there is no difference |
| stutir (स्तुतिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vyartheti (व्यर्थेति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | vyartheta (व्यर्थेत) |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) is because there is no difference. It stands as ablative singular. stutir (स्तुतिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
vyartheti (व्यर्थेति) is vyartheta (व्यर्थेत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vyartheti (व्यर्थेति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) and stutir (स्तुतिर्).