8.1.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.7
विधिरिति चेत्
vidhir iti cet
The line
If you say that an injunction, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Transfer by specific indications. The signs in a variant rite's own sentence say which model it borrows from. The line is short. sruga-bhighā-raṇā-bhāvasya (स्रुग-भिघा-रणा-भावस्य) from 8.1.6 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vidhiḥ (विधिः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
vidhiḥ (विधिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vidhir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidhiḥ (विधिः).