6.1.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.1.36
विद्यानिर्देशान् नेति चेत्
vidyānirdeśān neti cet
The line
If you say that a compound: knowing, and a statement of what the rule is, not, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Who may perform. Eligibility, and the way substances are tied to an act. The line is short. saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) from 6.1.35 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vidyā-nirdeśān (विद्या-निर्देशान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidyā-nirdeśān (विद्या-निर्देशान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: knowing, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
vidyā-nirdeśān (विद्या-निर्देशान्) is a compound: knowing, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as neti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vidyā-nirdeśān (विद्या-निर्देशान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidyā-nirdeśān (विद्या-निर्देशान्).