Mimamsasutra 94
Śābarabhāṣya (Mīmāṃsāsūtrabhāṣya) 94
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- Sanskrit
94.1
śāstrasthā vā tannimittatvāt //
Or rather, [the meaning] established by the scripture [is to be accepted], because they are the cause [of its proper usage]. //
94.2
vāśabdaḥ pakṣaṃ vyāvartayati. yavaśabdo yadi dīrghaśūkeṣu sādṛśyāt priyaṅguṣu bhaviṣyati. yadi priyaṅguṣu, sādṛśyād yaveṣu. kiṃ sādṛśyam. pūrvasaśye kṣīṇe bhavanti dīrghaśūkāḥ priyaṅgavaś caitat tayoḥ sādṛśyam. kaḥ punar atra niścayaḥ. ya śāstrasthānāṃ sa śabdārthaḥ. ke śāstrasthāḥ. śiṣṭāḥ. teṣām avicchinnā smṛtiḥ śabdeṣu vedeṣu ca. tena śiṣṭā nimittaṃ śrutismṛtyavadhāraṇe. te hy evaṃ samāmananti yavamayeṣu karambhapātreṣu vihiteṣu vākyaśeṣam - yatrānyā oṣadhayo mlāyante, athaite modamānā ivottiṣṭhantīti dīrghaśūkān yavān darśayati vedaḥ. vede darśanād avicchinnapāramparyo dīrghaśūkeṣu yavaśabda iti gamyate. tasmāt priyaṅguṣu gauṇaḥ. tasmād dīrghaśūkānāṃ puroḍāśaḥ kartavyaḥ. tasmād varāhaṃ gāvo 'nudhāvantīti śūkare varāhaśabdaṃ darśayati. apsujo vetasa iti vañjule vetasaśabdam. [71] śūkaraṃ hi gāvo 'nudhāvanti. vañjulo 'psu jāyate. jambūvṛkṣa sthale girinadīṣu vā.
The word 'or rather' (vā) sets aside the [prima facie] view. If the word 'yava' applies to long-awned grains, it will apply to priyaṅgu on account of similarity; if it applies to priyaṅgu, it will apply to barley on account of similarity. What is the similarity? When the earlier crop has withered, the long-awned grains and the priyaṅgu grains arise—this is their similarity. But what is the certainty here? The meaning of the word is that which is held by those established in the scripture. Who are those established in the scripture? The cultured (śiṣṭas). Their memory regarding words and the Vedas is unbroken. Therefore, the cultured are the means of determination regarding direct scriptural statement and tradition. For when caru dishes made of yava are enjoined, they recite the explanatory remainder of the sentence: 'When the other plants wither, then these spring up as if rejoicing'—thus the Veda indicates the long-awned barley. Because of its appearance in the Veda, it is understood that the word 'yava' has an unbroken tradition of application to long-awned grains; therefore, its application to priyaṅgu is secondary. Consequently, the sacrificial cake (puroḍāśa) must be made of long-awned grains. Likewise, 'Cows run after a varāha' indicates the word 'varāha' as meaning a hog; 'The vetasa is born in the waters' indicates the word 'vetasa' as meaning the cane (vañjula). For cows do run after a hog; and the cane grows in water, whereas the jambū tree grows on dry ground or along mountain streams.
94.3
NOTES:
*{1/581: E2,5,6: pūrvasasye, E4: pūrvasasyeṣe}*
*{1/582: Quelle unbekannt}*
*{1/583: ŚPBr. 4.4.3.19}*
*{1/584: E2,4,5: sūkare}*
*{1/585: Quelle unbekannt}*
*{1/586: E2: 2,142; E4: 1,416; E5: 2,103; E6: 1,49}*
*{1/587: E2,4,5: sūkaraṃ}*
NOTES:
*{1/581: E2,5,6: pūrvasasye, E4: pūrvasasyeṣe}*
*{1/582: Source unknown}*
*{1/583: ŚPBr. 4.4.3.19}*
*{1/584: E2,4,5: sūkare}*
*{1/585: Source unknown}*
*{1/586: E2: 2,142; E4: 1,416; E5: 2,103; E6: 1,49}*
*{1/587: E2,4,5: sūkaraṃ}*
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