Mimamsasutra 42.2.11-2
Jaiminīyanyāyamālā 42.2.11-2
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42.2.11-2
catuḥśate pragrathanamṛcaḥ pādasya vā'grimaḥ |
tṛce mukhyatvato maivamṛganyatvasya varṇanāt ||
In the hundred-and-four [pragāthas], is the interweaving of a verse, or of a quarter? The former, / because the triplet is primary. Not so: because anotherness of verses is described.
42.2.11-2.p1
gavāmayane brahmasāma vihitam- ’abhīvarto brahmasāma bhavati’ iti| tatprakṛtya śrūyate- ’catuḥ śatamaindā bārhatāḥ pragāthāḥ’ iti| caturuttaraśatasaṃkhyākā indradevatākā bṛhatīchandaskāḥ pragāthā ṛgdvayātmakāḥ| teṣu-
In the Gavāmayana, the Brahma-sāman is enjoined: "The Abhīvarta is the Brahma-sāman." In reference to that, it is heard in direct Vedic statement: "There are one hundred and four Bārhata pragāthas to Indra." There are pragāthas consisting of two verses each, numbered one hundred and four, having Indra as deity, and having Bṛhatī as meter. In those—
42.2.11-2.p2
ekapragāthagate dve ṛcau dvitīyapragāthagatāmṛcaṃ ca pragrathya tṛce'bhīvartanāmakaṃ sāma gātavyam| tathā sati- āmnātānāmavikṛtānāmeva tisṛṇāmṛcāṃ lābhāttṛvasya mukhyatvaṃ bhavati| pūrvoktanītyā pādapragrathane tu vikṛtatvādamukhyastṛcaḥ syāt| iti prāpte-
having interwoven two verses belonging to one pragātha and a verse belonging to a second pragātha, the sāman named Abhīvarta should be sung on a triplet. That being so, since three unmodified verses handed down in the text are obtained, the primacy of the triplet is maintained. But if there were interweaving of quarters according to the previously stated method, the triplet would be non-primary due to modification. When this is proposed—
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