1.2.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.36
अर्थविप्रतिषेधात्
arthavipratiṣedhāt
The line
Because the meanings cancel one another.
नेपालीमा
अर्थहरू एकअर्कालाई काट्ने भएकाले।
Where it sits
The mantra remains the subject, and the utterance-only claim is still being supported. Artha here is the surface meaning of these formula-words. Vipratiṣedha (विप्रतिषेध) is their mutual exclusion.
Split: artha-vipratiṣedhāt (अर्थ-विप्रतिषेधात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-vipratiṣedhāt (अर्थ-विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because the meanings exclude one another |
The phrases
Aditi is the sky. Aditi is the midspace. Nobody settles that the sky and the midspace are the same thing. If the mantra helped by making a meaning known, a meaning that cannot be settled would help nothing.
One Rudra stood, there is no second. And there are thousands of Rudras on the earth. The two statements exclude each other. In a mere utterance there is no such conflict. The objector again concludes that mantras are for uttering.
Sanskrit in this line
Vi-prati-ṣedha (वि-प्रति-षेध) is strong exclusion of one meaning by another. The compound is that exclusion, in the ablative of reason.
Say it back
Give one clash: the sky and the midspace are both called Aditi, and the objector says that cannot be a meaning one acts on.
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1.2.37. In daily recitation the student fixes the sounds, not the meaning.