7.2.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.7
स्वरस्येति चेत्
svarasyeti cet
The line
If you say that in svarasyeta (स्वरस्येत), 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. śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) from 7.2.6 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: svarasyeti (स्वरस्येति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svarasyeti (स्वरस्येति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | svarasyeta (स्वरस्येत) |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
svarasyeti (स्वरस्येति) is svarasyeta (स्वरस्येत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
svarasyeti (स्वरस्येति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svarasyeti (स्वरस्येति).