Mimamsasutra 3.2.9.p2

3.2.9.p2

brūmaḥ- kadācitkaścidadhvaryurlobhādatadvāso jagrāha | tanmūlaivaiṣā smṛtirityapi kalpanā saṃbhavati | dṛṣṭāmusāriṇī caiṣāṃ kalpanā | dakṣiṇayā parikrītānāmṛtvijāṃ lobhadarśanāt | tathā satyasyāḥ smṛteranyathā'pyupapattāvaṣṭakādiśrutivanna mūlaśrutiḥ kalpayituṃ śakyate | ato bādhābhāve'pi mūlabhedābhāvānneyaṃ smṛtiḥ pramāṇam ||

we say: At some time a certain Adhvaryu priest took that cloth out of greed. The assumption is also possible that this tradition has just that as its foundation. And this assumption follows what is seen, because greed is observed in priests hired by the sacrificial fee. That being so, when this tradition can be accounted for otherwise, a foundational direct Vedic statement cannot be postulated as with the Vedic texts for the Aṣṭakā and so forth. Therefore, even though there is no sublation, this tradition is not a means of valid cognition, because there is no different foundation. / [End of topic].