Mimamsasutra 3.2.11.p2

3.2.11.p2

brūmaḥ- vedavedyādiśrutyuktapadārthavadācamanādayaḥ smṛtyuktā anuṣṭheyapadārthāḥ | kramastu padārthaniṣṭho dharmaḥ | sa ca padārthānupajīvati | tata upajīvyavirodhātkrama eva bādhyate | natu krameṇā''camanasya bādho'sti | tasmādiyaṃ smṛtiḥ pramāṇam |

We reply: Just like the things to be performed mentioned in direct Vedic statements such as the knowledge of the Veda, sipping water and the like mentioned in tradition are things to be performed. But sequence is a property residing in things to be performed, and it depends upon those things. Therefore, through conflict with that upon which it depends, sequence alone is sublated, but sipping water is not sublated by sequence. Therefore, this tradition is a means of valid cognition.