3.6.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.23
अर्थेनेति चेत्
artheneti cet
The line
If you say that in in the thing, in the meaning, not, 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. ekadeśa-tvāt (एकदेश-त्वात्) from 3.6.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: arthe (अर्थे) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthe (अर्थे) | locative singular | in the thing, in the meaning |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
arthe (अर्थे) is in the thing, in the meaning. It stands as locative singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as arthena.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as artheneti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
arthe (अर्थे) is locative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as arthena. The line joins it on as artheneti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthe (अर्थे).
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