7.3.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.10
द्वयोर् विधिरिति चेत्
dvayor vidhir iti cet
The line
If you say that of two, an injunction, 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. utpannādhikāro (उत्पन्नाधिकारो) from 7.3.9 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: dvayoḥ (द्वयोः) + vidhiḥ (विधिः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dvayoḥ (द्वयोः) | genitive or locative dual | two |
| vidhiḥ (विधिः) | nominative singular | an injunction |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
dvayoḥ (द्वयोः) is two. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it dvayor. vidhiḥ (विधिः) is an injunction. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it vidhir.
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
dvayoḥ (द्वयोः) is genitive or locative dual. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it dvayor. The line writes it vidhir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dvayoḥ (द्वयोः) and vidhiḥ (विधिः).
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