Mimamsasutra 42.2.16-2.p1

42.2.16-2.p1

’yadyonyām, taduttarayorgāyati’ iti śrūyate| tatra- ’kayā naścitra ābhuvat’ ityasāvṛgyoniḥ| tasyāmṛci ’kayā’ ityakṣaradvayamādyo bhāgaḥ| ’naścitra ābhuvat’ ityakṣaraṣaṭkaṃ dvitīyo bhāgaḥ| tasminbhāge dvitīyākṣare cakārasyoparitanamikāraṃ vilopya tasya sthāna *āṃyībhāvamāmnāya gītirniṣpāditā| ’kastvā satyo madānām’ ityanantarabhāvinyuttarā| tasyāṃ yoninyāyena caturthākṣare takārasyoparitanaṃ yakāramokāraṃ ca lopayitvā tayoḥ sthāna āyībhāvaḥ| ’abhīṣuṇaḥ’- ityasāvaparottarā |

It is heard: ‘Whatever [is chanted] on the base-verse, he chants on the two subsequent verses.’ In that regard, this ṛc: ‘By what wonderful [aid] has he been present to us...’ is the base-verse. In that ṛc, the two syllables ‘kayā’ are the first part. The six syllables ‘naścitra ābhuvat’ are the second part. In that part, on the second syllable, eliding the vowel i above the consonant c, and introducing the transformation into āyī in its place, the melody is accomplished. ‘Who, being true, among intoxications...’ is the immediately subsequent verse. In that, according to the rule of the base-verse, eliding the consonant y and the vowel o above the consonant t on the fourth syllable, there is transformation into āyī in their place. ‘Help us...’ is the other subsequent verse.