Mimamsasutra 41.4.26-2.p2

41.4.26-2.p2

brūmaḥ- gīyamānasya girāpadasya sthāna irāpadaṃ vidhīyata iti padamātrasya bādhaḥ| gānaṃ tu na bādhyate| kiṃca ’vimuktādibhyo'ṇ’ (pā.sū. 5|2|61) iti sūtreṇāṇpratyaye'pi pūrvasmāt ’matau chaḥ sūktasāmnoḥ’ (pā.sū.

We reply: the word ‘irā’ is enjoined in the place of the word ‘girā’ which is being sung; therefore there is sublation only of the word [itself]. But the singing is not sublated. Furthermore, even if the suffix aṇ is added by the sūtra “vimuktādibhyo'ṇ” (Pā. Sū. 5.2.61), by virtue of the continuation of ‘sāman’ from the preceding sūtra, “matau chaḥ sūktasāmnoḥ” (Pā. Sū.