Sarvadarshanasangraha 12.95

12.95

tasmād dharme svataḥsiddhapramāṇabhāve jyotiṣṭomena svargakāmo yajetetyādividhyarthavādamantranāmadheyātmake vede yajetety atra tapratyayaḥ prakṛtyarthoparaktāṃ bhāvanām abhidhatta iti siddhe vyutpattim abhyupagacchatām abhihitānvayavādināṃ bhaṭṭācāryāṇaṃ siddhāntaḥ/ yāgaviṣayaṃ niyogam iti kārye vyutpattim anusaratām anvitābhidhānavādināṃ prabhākaragurūṇāṃ siddhānta iti sarvam avadātam//

Now with regard to the Veda, which is the self-proved and authoritative criterion in regard to duty, [we have the following divergency between the two great Mīmāṃsā schools]:—The Veda is composed of three portions, respectively called "hymns" (mantra), "explanatory passages" (arthavāda), and "injunctions" (vidhi); and by "injunction" we mean such sentences as "Let him who desires heaven sacrifice with the jyotiṣṭoma." Here ta, the affix of the third person singular, denotes an enjoining power, which is "coloured" [or rendered definite] by the meaning of the root, according to the opinion of the followers of Bhaṭṭa Kumārila, who maintain that words signify[59] something definite by themselves [apart from the sentence]. The followers of Guru Prabhākara, on the contrary, hold that the whole sentence is a command relating to the sacrifice, as they maintain that words only signify an action or something to be done.[60] Thus all has been made plain.