Mimamsasutra 42.2.13-3
Jaiminīyanyāyamālā 42.2.13-3
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42.2.13-3
kvacitkarmaviseṣe śrūyate- ’ṛcā stuvate| sāmnā stuvate’ iti| tatra pūrvanyāyena vikalpaḥ| iti cet|
maivam| ṛṅnindā- sāmapraśaṃsayorvākyaśeṣe'vagamāt| ’yadṛcā stuvate, tadasurā anvavāyan| yatsāmnā stuvate, tadasurā nānvavāyan| ya evaṃ vidvāntāmnā stuvīta’ ityṛcaṃ ninditvā sāma praśasya liṅpratyayena sāma vihitam| tasmāt- sāmnaiva stotavyam ||
In a certain specific rite it is heard: ‘They praise with a ṛc; they praise with a sāman.’ In that regard, if it is said: there is an option according to the previous exegetical principle;—
It is not so; because censure of the ṛc and praise of the sāman are understood from the supplementary statement. Having censured the ṛc and praised the sāman in the statement: ‘When they praise with a ṛc, the Asuras follow; when they praise with a sāman, the Asuras do not follow; he who knows thus should praise with a sāman,’ the sāman is enjoined by the optative suffix. Therefore, praise must be performed with the sāman alone.
42.2.13-3.p1
(pragītayaivacāṃ vahnyupasthānasādhakaṃ ) dvitīyavarṇakamāracayati-
He sets forth the second formulation (establishing the reverent attendance upon the fire with a sung [ṛc] alone):
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