3.3.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.37
चरावपीति चेत्
carāv apīti cet
The line
If you say that carāv (चराव्) even, 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. carauvārthoktaṃ (चरौवार्थोक्तं) from 3.3.36 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: carāv (चराव्) + api (अपि) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| carāv (चराव्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
carāv (चराव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as apīti (अपीति). cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
carāv (चराव्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as apīti (अपीति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss carāv (चराव्).
Next
3.3.38. Not a compound: pakti (पक्ति), by name, indeed, and tvāta (त्वात).