1.3.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.5
शिष्टाकोपेऽविरुद्धमिति चेत्
śiṣṭākope 'viruddham iti cet
The line
If you say that a practice is not in conflict when it does not upset the enjoined rite, that is the objection.
नेपालीमा
यदि विहित कर्म नबिगार्दा आचार बाझिँदैन भन्छौ भने, त्यो आक्षेप हो।
Where it sits
virodha from 1.3.3 is what the objector is testing. aviruddham is its negative. iti cet marks the objection, and the next line answers it. These three practices are not the eighth-day offering.
Split: śiṣṭa-akope (शिष्ट-अकोपे) + aviruddham (अविरुद्धम्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śiṣṭa-akope (शिष्ट-अकोपे) | locative singular, masculine | when what has been taught is not upset |
| aviruddham (अविरुद्धम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what is not in conflict |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus, marking the view just stated |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if |
The phrases
The examples leave the remembered books and come to practice. Sipping water before an act. Wearing the thread over the left shoulder. Doing the act with the right hand.
śiṣṭākope (शिष्टाकोपे) is śiṣṭa (शिष्ट) plus akope. The long ā (आ) is a plus a. If you say that these do not disturb the Vedic act, then they are aviruddham, not in conflict, and they are to be done.
Sanskrit in this line
The avagraha in 'viruddham keeps the vowel of aviruddham after the e of akope. śiṣṭa (शिष्ट) here is what has been enjoined, and Śabara (शबर) glosses the compound by saying that nothing Vedic is angered.
Say it back
Name sipping, the thread, and the right hand, and say the objector treats them as not in conflict.
Next
1.3.6. Those practices are not yet accepted, because the sacred text is the measure.