Mimamsashastrasarvasva 3.2

3.2

kiṃvā vedatvameveṣāṃ mantrabrāhmaṇavanmatam
vaidikārthaprabandhāddhi naiteṣāṃ smṛtitulyatā

Or is their very status as Veda accepted, like that of the Mantras and Brāhmaṇas?
For because of their continuous composition of Vedic content, they are not equal to smṛti.