6.4.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.20
तद्धविःशब्दान् नेति चेत्
taddhaviḥśabdān neti cet
The line
If you say that taddhaviḥśabda (तद्धविःशब्द), 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. anye (अन्ये) from 6.4.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: taddhaviḥśabdān (तद्धविःशब्दान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| taddhaviḥśabdān (तद्धविःशब्दान्) | accusative plural, masculine | taddhaviḥśabda (तद्धविःशब्द) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
taddhaviḥśabdān (तद्धविःशब्दान्) is taddhaviḥśabda (तद्धविःशब्द). 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
taddhaviḥśabdān (तद्धविःशब्दान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss taddhaviḥśabdān (तद्धविःशब्दान्).