8.3.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.26
ऋग्गुणत्वान् नेति चेत्
ṛgguṇatvān neti cet
The line
If you say that ṛgguṇatva (ऋग्गुणत्व), not, 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. apūrve (अपूर्वे) from 8.3.25 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ṛgguṇatvān (ऋग्गुणत्वान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ṛgguṇatvān (ऋग्गुणत्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | ṛgguṇatva (ऋग्गुणत्व) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
ṛgguṇatvān (ऋग्गुणत्वान्) is ṛgguṇatva (ऋग्गुणत्व). 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
ṛgguṇatvān (ऋग्गुणत्वान्) 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 ṛgguṇatvān (ऋग्गुणत्वान्).
Next
8.3.27. So, in that way, in the kind that has a forerunner, it would be, let it be granted.