[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [Exegesis of the Vedic ritual (Pūrvamīmāṃsā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa) › [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra) › [Jaiminiyanyayamala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala) › 42.2.18-3 # Mimamsasutra 42.2.18-3 Jaiminīyanyāyamālā 42.2.18-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [42.2.18-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.18-3) na tāvadvivarṇatvaṃ tallakṣaṇam| varṇavikārasya viparītavarṇatvena stobhatvaprasaṅgāt| ’agna āyāhi’- ityasyāmṛci, akārasya sthāna okāraṃ kṛtvā gāyanti- ’ognāyī’ iti| ’adhiko varṇaḥ stobhaḥ’ ityukte satyabhyāse'tivyāptiḥ| ’pibāsomamindra mandatu tvā’ ityetasyāmṛci ’datu tvā’ ityakṣaratrayaṃ gānakāle trirabhyastam| ato vikārābhyāsayorativyāpternāsti lakṣaṇam| iti cet| maivam| ’adhikatve satyṛgvilakṣaṇavarṇaḥ stobhaḥ- iti viśiṣṭasya tallakṣaṇatvāt| loke'pi sabhāyāṃ vipralambhakenocyamānaṃ prakṛtārthānanvitaṃ kālakṣepamātrahetuṃ śabdarāśiṃ ’stobhaḥ’ ityācakṣate| tasmāt- asti lakṣaṇam || > First of all, phonemic divergence is not its definition; for then a phonetic modification, by virtue of being an altered phoneme, would contingently become a musical interjection. In the verse ‘\*agna āyāhi\*’, having put the phoneme \*o\* in place of the phoneme \*a\*, they sing ‘\*ognāyī\*’. If it is said, ‘an additional phoneme is a musical interjection’, there is over-extension to repetition. In the verse ‘\*pibā somam indra mandatu tvā\*’, the triad of syllables ‘\*datu tvā\*’ is repeated thrice at the time of chanting. Therefore, because of over-extension to modification and repetition, there is no definition. If this is urged— / It is not so. Because ‘being a phoneme distinct from the verse while being additional’ is its qualified definition. In ordinary life too, an assemblage of words uttered by a trickster in an assembly, unconnected to the matter at hand and serving merely to waste time, is called a ‘\*stobha\*’. Therefore, a definition exists. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 42.2.18-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.18-2) - [Next: 42.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.40) - [Up: 42.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala~en-mt.42.2.18-3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.2.39) — Jaimini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.18-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.18-3) · Pramāṇa