4.1.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.38
न तस्येति चेत्
na tasyeti cet
The line
If you say that not of of that, his, 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. sati (सति) from 4.1.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + tasya (तस्य) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as tasyeti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
tasya (तस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as tasyeti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tasya (तस्य).