Establishment of Brahman 3.7

3.7

na karmavidhivākyārthajñānapravṛttau vidhirapekṣyate 'nyaḥ, na tadgata eva vā /
anyasminnanavasthādoṣāt, tadarthajñāne 'pi vidhyantarasyāpekṣaṇīyatvāt, tadgatasya ca karmaviṣayatvena tadbodhaṃ vidhātumasāmarthyāt /

Another injunction is not required for the occurrence of the knowledge of the sentence meaning of an injunction to action, nor is the injunction contained within it [so required]; because in the case of another [injunction], there would be the fault of infinite regress, since another injunction would also have to be required for the knowledge of its meaning; and that which is contained within it, having ritual action as its object, is incapable of enjoining its own comprehension.