1.2.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.24
प्रकरणे सम्भवन्नपकर्षो न कल्प्येत विध्यानर्थक्यं हि तं प्रति
prakaraṇe sambhavann apakarṣo na kalpyeta vidhyānarthakyaṃ hi taṃ prati
The line
When it can stand in its context, a pulling-away should not be supposed, for the injunction would be useless with regard to that rite.
नेपालीमा
आफ्नो प्रकरणमा अड्न सक्दा तानेर लैजानु मान्नु हुँदैन, किनकि विधि त्यो कर्मका बारेमा बेकामे हुनेछ।
Where it sits
Prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) is the stretch of text belonging to one rite. The praise sentence is what someone might apakarṣ (अपकर्ष्), drag off. Vidhi remains the injunction of the new-moon and full-moon cake.
Split: prakaraṇe (प्रकरणे) + sambhavan (सम्भवन्) + apakarṣaḥ (अपकर्षः) + na (न) + kalpyeta (कल्प्येत) + vidhi-ānarthakyam (विधि-आनर्थक्यम्) + hi (हि) + tam (तम्) + prati (प्रति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakaraṇe (प्रकरणे) | locative singular, neuter | in the context, in the block of text about one rite |
| sambhavan (सम्भवन्) | present participle, nominative singular, masculine | being possible |
| apakarṣaḥ (अपकर्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | a pulling away, a removal to some other place |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| kalpyeta (कल्प्येत) | optative, third person singular, passive | it should be supposed |
| vidhi-ānarthakyam (विधि-आनर्थक्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | uselessness of the injunction |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for |
| tam (तम्) | accusative singular, masculine | that context, that rite |
| prati (प्रति) | indeclinable | with regard to |
The phrases
What is scorched belongs to Nirṛti (निरृति). What is uncooked belongs to Rudra. What is cooked belongs to the gods. Therefore one should cook without scorching, so that it belong to the gods. If this is praise, it praises the cooked offering of the new-moon and full-moon rites, the pair of days when a cake is baked and offered.
A pulling-away is possible. On a command reading, 'scorched' would be carried to wherever an offering to Nirṛti (निरृति) is made. The context would then be set aside. With regard to the new-moon and full-moon rite there is no Nirṛti (निरृति) offering, and the words about scorching would be useless for the cake at hand. When the sentence can stand in its own context as praise, that removal should not be supposed.
Sanskrit in this line
The pāṭha (पाठ) writes sambhavannapakarṣo (सम्भवन्नपकर्षो) as one string. It is sambhavan plus apakarṣaḥ (अपकर्षः), n meeting a. Kalpyeta is the passive optative of kḷp (कॢप्), to arrange, to suppose. Prati governs tam.
Say it back
Keep the sentence on the cake of the new-moon and full-moon rites. Say what is lost if scorching is dragged off to another deity.