3.3.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.6
व्यक्तिक्रमे यथाश्रुतीति चेत्
vyaktikrame yathāśrutīti cet
The line
If you say that in a compound: vyakti (व्यक्ति), and order, in a compound: as, and śrutīta (श्रुतीत), 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. trayī-vidyā-khyā (त्रयी-विद्या-ख्या) from 3.3.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyakti-krame (व्यक्ति-क्रमे) + yathā-śrutīti (यथा-श्रुतीति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyakti-krame (व्यक्ति-क्रमे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: vyakti (व्यक्ति), and order. Read it from the end |
| yathā-śrutīti (यथा-श्रुतीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a compound: as, and śrutīta (श्रुतीत). Read it from the end |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
vyakti-krame (व्यक्ति-क्रमे) is a compound: vyakti (व्यक्ति), and order. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. yathā-śrutīti (यथा-श्रुतीति) is a compound: as, and śrutīta (श्रुतीत). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
yathā-śrutīti (यथा-श्रुतीति) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyakti-krame (व्यक्ति-क्रमे) and yathā-śrutīti (यथा-श्रुतीति).
Next
3.3.7. Not a compound: all, and smina (स्मिन), because of niveśa (निवेश).