1.2.47
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.47
गुणादविप्रतिषेधः स्यात्
guṇād avipratiṣedhaḥ syāt
The line
From the figurative use, there would be no contradiction.
नेपालीमा
गौण प्रयोगबाट विरोध हुनेछैन।
Where it sits
This answers arthavipratiṣedha (अर्थविप्रतिषेध) in 1.2.36. Guṇa (गुण) is the secondary application just used in 1.2.46. The two Aditi sentences and the two Rudra sentences are the cases. The mantra's meaning stays affirmative.
Split: guṇāt (गुणात्) + avipratiṣedhaḥ (अविप्रतिषेधः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇāt (गुणात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the secondary use, because the word is figurative |
| avipratiṣedhaḥ (अविप्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | absence of mutual exclusion, non-contradiction |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular, active | there would be |
The phrases
'Aditi is the sky' is a figurative word. Therefore there is no contradiction, as when one says 'you alone are mother, you alone are father.' The two names commend. They do not report that one person is both parents.
In a context whose deity is one Rudra, there is one Rudra. In the context of the hundred Rudras, there are a hundred. The two mantras do not cancel each other. The figurative quality is what removes the clash.
Sanskrit in this line
The pāṭha (पाठ) reads apratiṣedhaḥ (अप्रतिषेधः), a non-prohibition. The bhāṣya (भाष्य) reads avipratiṣedhaḥ (अविप्रतिषेधः), and says there is no vipratiṣedha (विप्रतिषेध), no mutual exclusion. Guṇāt (गुणात्) is the ablative of source.
Say it back
Do not treat 'Aditi is the sky' and 'Aditi is the midspace' as a report that cancels itself.
Next
1.2.48. The student's recitation is not connected with the rite.