4.3.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.6
शेष इति चेत्
śeṣa iti cet
The line
If you say that the rest, what remains over, 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. ekasya (एकस्य) from 4.3.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śeṣaḥ (शेषः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śeṣaḥ (शेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | the rest, what remains over |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
śeṣaḥ (शेषः) is the rest, what remains over. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it śeṣa (शेष). 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
śeṣaḥ (शेषः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it śeṣa (शेष).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣaḥ (शेषः).
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4.3.7. Not because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and separateness.