9.1.57
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.57
वचनमिति चेत्
vacanam iti cet
The line
If you say that a statement, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The line is short. gāna-saṃyogāt (गान-संयोगात्) from 9.1.56 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vacanam (वचनम्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanam (वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a statement |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
vacanam (वचनम्) is a statement. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. 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
vacanam (वचनम्) is nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanam (वचनम्).