Mimamsabalaprakasha 2.30.p1.17

2.30.p1.17

iti vākyārthapratītau padārthānāṃ karaṇatvamuktam | darśapūrṇamāsādiprayogavidhiṣu śrutiliṅgādiviniyojyā mantrāḥ padārthatvena praviṣṭā vākyaikavākyatayeti mantrāviśiṣṭaṃ darśapūrṇamāsādibhāvanāṃ vidadhato mahāvākyasya darśapūrṇamāsādiprayogavidhermahāvākyārthe padārthabhūtā mantrāḥ pramāṇabhāvaṃ labhanta iti
gurucaraṇāstu evaṃ sati vrīhyādivatpadārthavidheyaivaiṣāṃ prāmāṇyaṃ syānna śabdavidheyeti dūṣayitvā smṛtivadyāthārthyalakṣaṇamevaiṣāṃ prāmāṇyamityāhuḥ | bhaṭṭasomeśvarastu anadhigatārthagantṛtvamapyāha
mantrakramānurodhācca brāhmaṇakramabādhanam
chāgasya niścayo yaśca paśāvūhaśca mantragaḥ
tadarthaparatāyāṃ syātsarvaṃ naivānyathā bhavet
sarvasādhāraṇatvena vicārasya prayojanam
karmakāle tu sandheyo mantrārtho 'rthaparatvataḥ
iṣettvādiṣu coccāryaṃ chinadmītyādipūrttaye
asāvityādiśabdasya sthāne yajñādināma ca
siddhānte mantralopaśca prakāśyobhāva iṣyate
yathāmnātaprayogastu kevalò 'rthāvivakṣaṇe
yadi tvarthaparatve 'pi naitāvatsyātprayojanam
tato dharmapramāṇatvaṃ mantrāṇāṃ naiva sidhyati
lavanādisvarūpasya prakāśyatve hi dharmatā
samīhitāṅgatābhāvānna kathaṃ citpratīyate
apūrvasādhanatvena yadyapyetatprakāśayate
vidhiprāptānuvādatvānna tathāpi pramāṇatā
apūrvasādhanatvāttu lavanādau samīhite
ātmano 'ṅgatvabodhena mantraḥ prāmāṇyamaśnute
aśrutadravyayāgādikalpanācca pramāṇateti
teṣūdāharaṇeṣu sambhavamātreṇa taduktaṃ na tvayaṃ niyamaḥ | asatāpi guṇenāsato 'pi guṇinaḥ stutibuddhayutpattisambhavāt