6.3.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.3.29
अशब्दमिति चेत्
aśabdam iti cet
The line
If you say that aśabda (अशब्द), 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. nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) from 6.3.28 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aśabdam (अशब्दम्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśabdam (अशब्दम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | aśabda (अशब्द) |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
aśabdam (अशब्दम्) is aśabda (अशब्द). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. 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
aśabdam (अशब्दम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśabdam (अशब्दम्).