4.1.44

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.44

औपभृतं तथेति चेत्

aupabhṛtaṃ tatheti cet

The line

If you say that aupabhṛta (औपभृत), so, in that way, 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. tatra (तत्र) from 4.1.43 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: aupabhṛtaṃ (औपभृतं) + tathā (तथा) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
aupabhṛtaṃ (औपभृतं)accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuteraupabhṛta (औपभृत)
tathā (तथा)indeclinableso, in that way
iti (इति)indeclinablethus. It closes a quote or a thought
cet (चेत्)indeclinableif you say, if

The phrases

aupabhṛtaṃ (औपभृतं) is aupabhṛta (औपभृत). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable.

iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as tatheti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.

Sanskrit in this line

aupabhṛtaṃ (औपभृतं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as tatheti.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss aupabhṛtaṃ (औपभृतं).

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4.1.45. It would be, let it be granted, a compound: juhū (जुहू), and a denial, a compound: eternal, and a repetition.