[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) › 42.2.23-3 # Mimamsasutra 42.2.23-3 Jaiminīyanyāyamālā 42.2.23-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [42.2.23-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.23-3) pañcadaśādhikaraṇamārayati- bṛhadrathaṃtare dharmaiḥ saṃkīrṇe vā vyavasthite | pṛṣṭhaikyātsaṃkaro dharme nirdeśādervyavasthitiḥ || > He sets forth the fifteenth topical section: > Are the Bṛhat and the Rathaṃtara intermingled with their ritual details, or are they distributed? > There would be confusion in ritual details because the Pṛṣṭha-stotra is one; their distribution is established by the specific designation and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [42.2.23-3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.23-3.p1) jyotiṣṭoma vikalpitaṃ pṛṣṭhastotraṃ vihitam- ’bṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati| rathaṃtaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati’ iti| tatromayatra dharmāḥ śrutāḥ- ’bṛhati stūyamāne manasā samudraṃ dhyāyet | rathaṃtare prastūyamāne saṃnī(mī) layet’ ityādayaḥ| te hyubhayatra saṃkīryaran| pṛṣṭharsiḍhḍhalakṣaṇasya kāryasyaikatvāt| iti cet| > In the Jyotiṣṭoma, the Pṛṣṭha-stotra is enjoined as an optional alternative: 'The Bṛhat is the Pṛṣṭha; the Rathaṃtara is the Pṛṣṭha.' In that connection, ritual details are directly stated for both: 'When the Bṛhat is being chanted, one should meditate on the ocean with the mind'; 'When the Rathaṃtara is being commenced, one should close one's eyes', and so forth. These should indeed be intermingled in both cases, because the effect characterized as accomplishing the Pṛṣṭha is one. If it is argued thus— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [42.2.23-3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.23-3.p2) na| nirdeśabhedāt| sāṃkarye tvavailakṣaṇyena ’bṛhat’ iti, ’rathaṃtaram’ iti ca dvau nirdeśau nopapadyeyātām| kiṃca- > No; because of the difference in specific designation. If there were intermingling, the two specific designations, 'Bṛhat' and 'Rathaṃtara', would not be intelligible due to the lack of distinctiveness. Furthermore— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala~en-mt.42.2.23-3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.2.47) — Jaimini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.23-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.42.2.23-3) · Pramāṇa