9.2.52
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.52
कालस्येति चेत्
kālasyeti cet
The line
If you say that of time, 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. pārvaṇahomayos (पार्वणहोमयो) from 9.2.51 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kālasya (कालस्य) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kālasya (कालस्य) | genitive singular | time |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
kālasya (कालस्य) is time. It stands as genitive singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as kālasyeti (कालस्येति).
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
kālasya (कालस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as kālasyeti (कालस्येति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kālasya (कालस्य).