7.1.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.10
स्मृतिरिति चेत्
smṛtir iti cet
The line
If you say that memory, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The line is short. arthasya (अर्थस्य) from 7.1.9 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) | nominative singular | memory |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) is memory. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it smṛtir (स्मृतिर्). 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
smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it smṛtir (स्मृतिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः).
Next
7.1.11. Not because of a compound: the earlier, and vatva (वत्व).