3.6.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.4
दर्शनादिति चेत्
darśanād iti cet
The line
If you say that because of from seeing, because one sees, 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. tadvarjaṃ (तद्वर्जं) from 3.6.3 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: darśanāt (दर्शनात्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it darśanād (दर्शनाद्). 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
darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it darśanād (दर्शनाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss darśanāt (दर्शनात्).