1.3.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.8
तेष्वदर्शनाद् विरोधस्य समा विप्रतिपत्तिः स्यात्
teṣv adarśanād virodhasya samā vipratipattiḥ syāt
The line
Because no deciding text is seen among them, a conflict of usage would be an even disagreement.
नेपालीमा
तिनीहरूमा निर्णय गर्ने वचन नदेखिएकाले प्रयोगको विरोध बराबरको मतभेद हुनेछ।
Where it sits
The learned were the ground in 1.3.7. teṣu (तेषु) points at their uses of these three words. This is the first view, and it does not yet decide which thing the word means. No new rite is named.
Split: teṣu (तेषु) + adarśanāt (अदर्शनात्) + virodhasya (विरोधस्य) + samā (समा) + vipratipattiḥ (विप्रतिपत्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| teṣu (तेषु) | locative plural, masculine | among those |
| adarśanāt (अदर्शनात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because of not seeing |
| virodhasya (विरोधस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the conflict |
| samā (समा) | nominative singular, feminine | equal |
| vipratipattiḥ (विप्रतिपत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | a disagreement |
| syāt (स्यात्) | third person singular, optative, of the verb as | it would be |
The phrases
The texts recite yava, varāha (वराह), and vetasa. Some apply yava to the long-awned barley, some to priyaṅgu (प्रियङ्गु) millet. Some apply varāha (वराह) to the hog, some to a black bird. Some apply vetasa to the water-cane, some to the jambu.
No deciding passage is seen among those users. The conflict would then be an even disagreement. Both understandings would stand, and the rite would have an option.
Sanskrit in this line
samā (समा) is feminine and agrees with vipratipattiḥ (विप्रतिपत्तिः). teṣu (तेषु) before a vowel is heard as teṣv (तेष्व्), and adarśanāt (अदर्शनात्) before v as adarśanād (अदर्शनाद्).
Say it back
Give the two uses of yava, of varāha (वराह), and of vetasa, and say the first view leaves them optional.
Next
1.3.9. The meaning is the one that rests on the sacred text, because the trained man is the ground.