6.4.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.8
अर्थवदिति चेत्
arthavad iti cet
The line
If you say that a compound: a thing, a meaning, and vada (वद), 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. pradhāne (प्रधाने) from 6.4.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: artha-vada (अर्थ-वद) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-vada (अर्थ-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
artha-vada (अर्थ-वद) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. 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
artha-vada (अर्थ-वद) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-vada (अर्थ-वद).
Next
6.4.9. Not because of a compound: a command, and absence of collision.