3.7.34
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.34
पक्षेणेति चेत्
pakṣeṇeti cet
The line
If you say that by means of a side, a thesis, 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. parisaṃkhyā-nāt (परिसंख्या-नात्) from 3.7.33 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pakṣeṇa (पक्षेण) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pakṣeṇa (पक्षेण) | instrumental singular | a side, a thesis |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
pakṣeṇa (पक्षेण) is a side, a thesis. It stands as instrumental singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as pakṣeṇeti (पक्षेणेति).
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
pakṣeṇa (पक्षेण) is instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as pakṣeṇeti (पक्षेणेति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pakṣeṇa (पक्षेण).