3.8.43
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.43
भक्तिरसन्निधावन्याय्येति चेत्
bhaktir asannidhāvanyāyyeti cet
The line
If you say that devotion, a compound: what is not, nidhā (निधा), and vanyāyya (वन्याय्य), 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. māṃsaṃ (मांसं) from 3.8.42 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bhaktiḥ (भक्तिः) + asat-nidhā-vanyāyya (असत्-निधा-वन्याय्य) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhaktiḥ (भक्तिः) | nominative singular | devotion |
| asat-nidhā-vanyāyya (असत्-निधा-वन्याय्य) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: what is not, nidhā (निधा), and vanyāyya (वन्याय्य). 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
bhaktiḥ (भक्तिः) is devotion. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it bhaktir. asat-nidhā-vanyāyya (असत्-निधा-वन्याय्य) is a compound: what is not, nidhā (निधा), and vanyāyya (वन्याय्य). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as asannidhāvanyāyyeti (असन्निधावन्याय्येति). cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
asat-nidhā-vanyāyya (असत्-निधा-वन्याय्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it bhaktir. The line joins it on as asannidhāvanyāyyeti (असन्निधावन्याय्येति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhaktiḥ (भक्तिः) and asat-nidhā-vanyāyya (असत्-निधा-वन्याय्य).