3.6.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.6
उत्पत्तिरिति चेत्
utpattir iti cet
The line
If you say that arising, the origin, 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. codanaikārthyāt (चोदनैकार्थ्यात्) from 3.6.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: utpattiḥ (उत्पत्तिः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utpattiḥ (उत्पत्तिः) | nominative singular | arising, the origin |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
utpattiḥ (उत्पत्तिः) is arising, the origin. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it utpattir. 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
utpattiḥ (उत्पत्तिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it utpattir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utpattiḥ (उत्पत्तिः).
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