Mimamsasutra 42.2.6-2.p2

42.2.6-2.p2

maivam| ’uttarā’ iti saṃjñā sahasā rbuḍhḍhasthā bhavati| pratiyoginirapekṣatvāt| pūrvapaṭhitānāṃ yonimṛcamapekṣya yaduttarātvam, tadvilambena pratīyamānatvāddurbalam| īdṛśamevottarātvaṃ chandasi paṭhitayoḥ

[we reply:] it is not so. The conventional name “uttarā” immediately comes to mind, because it is independent of a counterpart. The status of being subsequent in relation to a previously recited base verse, being understood with delay, is weak. Such status of being subsequent belongs only to the two recited in the Chandaḥ,