4.1.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.13
प्रतीयते इति चेत्
pratīyate iti cet
The line
If you say that is understood, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The line is short. eka-śruti-tvāt (एक-श्रुति-त्वात्) from 4.1.12 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pratīyate (प्रतीयते) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratīyate (प्रतीयते) | present, third person singular | is understood |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
pratīyate (प्रतीयते) is is understood. It stands as present, third person singular. 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
pratīyate (प्रतीयते) is present, third person singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratīyate (प्रतीयते).