3.6.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.21
तेनोत्कृष्टस्य कालविधिरिति चेत्
tenotkṛṣṭasya kālavidhir iti cet
The line
If you say that of tenotkṛṣṭa (तेनोत्कृष्ट), a compound: time, and vidha (विध), 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. śvas (श्व) from 3.6.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tenotkṛṣṭasya (तेनोत्कृष्टस्य) + kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tenotkṛṣṭasya (तेनोत्कृष्टस्य) | genitive singular | tenotkṛṣṭa (तेनोत्कृष्ट) |
| kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) | nominative singular | a compound: time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
tenotkṛṣṭasya (तेनोत्कृष्टस्य) is tenotkṛṣṭa (तेनोत्कृष्ट). It stands as genitive singular. kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) is a compound: time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it kālavidhir (कालविधिर्).
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
tenotkṛṣṭasya (तेनोत्कृष्टस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kālavidhir (कालविधिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tenotkṛṣṭasya (तेनोत्कृष्टस्य) and kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः).
Next
3.6.22. Not because of a compound: one part, and the state of being that.