4.3.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.30
कालश्रुतौ काल इति चेत्
kālaśrutau kāla iti cet
The line
If you say that a compound: time, and heard, time, 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. samavāye (समवाये) from 4.3.29 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kāla-śrutau (काल-श्रुतौ) + kālaḥ (कालः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāla-śrutau (काल-श्रुतौ) | nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: time, and heard. Read it from the end |
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
kāla-śrutau (काल-श्रुतौ) is a compound: time, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, neuter. kālaḥ (कालः) is time. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kāla (काल).
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
kāla-śrutau (काल-श्रुतौ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kāla (काल).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāla-śrutau (काल-श्रुतौ) and kālaḥ (कालः).
Next
4.3.31. By means of a compound: nāsa (नास), mavā (मवा), yātprayo (यात्प्रयो), and a person.