6.5.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.5.23
वैगुण्यान् नेति चेत्
vaiguṇyān neti cet
The line
If you say that vaiguṇya (वैगुण्य), 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. auṣadha-saṃyogāt (औषध-संयोगात्) from 6.5.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vaiguṇyān (वैगुण्यान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vaiguṇyān (वैगुण्यान्) | accusative plural, masculine | vaiguṇya (वैगुण्य) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
vaiguṇyān (वैगुण्यान्) is vaiguṇya (वैगुण्य). 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
vaiguṇyān (वैगुण्यान्) 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 vaiguṇyān (वैगुण्यान्).