Mimamsasutra 42.2.11-2.p2

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—