History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.99.4

v4.c63.t2.99.4

The arthavāda passage means that just as a man marches on in strength if his thighs are strong, so the cāturmāsya sacrifice reaches a successful close by means of Varuṇapraghāsa and Sākamedha in which an uttaravedi is specially prepared and fire is laid thereon (being taken from the āhavanīya fire by the adhvaryu and pratiprasthātṛ). Therefore the meaning is that there is praṇayana in the 2nd and 3rd out of the four cāturmāsyas and uttaravedi is prescribed in those two alone and the words 'there is no uttaravedi in Vaiśvadeva and Sunāsīrīya' are a mere *anuvāda* (repetition of what is already known) and not a prohibition, as in the words 'fire should be kindled on the earth and not in the sky nor in heaven'. On this interpretation there is no *vidhivaiṣamya*. Sabara makes two *adhikaraṇas* of Jai. VII. 3. 19-25, while Kumārila makes one adhikaraṇa of these seven sūtras. He further differs as to the siddhānta, which, according to him, is that in 'dvayoḥ praṇayanti' there is a special (*apūrva*) kind of praṇayana prescribed, *prākṛta* (of darśapūrṇamāsa type) and *saumika* praṇayana being the two other views which he rejects. The Subodhinī on the Mit.