Shabarabhashya (Mimamsasutrabhashya) 87.2

87.2

api veti pakṣo vyāvartyate. pramāṇaṃ smṛtiḥ, vijñānaṃ hi tat. kim ity anyathā bhaviṣyati. pūrvavijñānam asya nāsti, kāraṇābhāvād iti cet. asyā eva smṛter draḍhimnaḥ kāraṇam anumāsyāmahe. tat tu nānubhavanam, anupapattyā. na hi manuṣyā ihaiva janmany evaṃjātīyakam artham anubhavituṃ śaknuvanti. janmāntarānubhūtaṃ ca na smaryate. granthas tv anumīyeta, kartṛsāmānyāt smṛti-vaidikapadārthayoḥ. tenopapanno vedasaṃyogas traivarṇikānām.
nanu nopalabhanta evaṃjātīyakaṃ grantham. anupalabhamānā apy anumimīran, vismaraṇam apy upapadyata iti. tad upapannatvāt pūrvavijñānasya tarivarṇikānāṃ smaratām, vismaraṇasya copapannatvād granthānumānam upapadyata iti pramāṇaṃ smṛtiḥ.
aṣṭakāliṅgāś ca mantrā vede dṛśyante - yāñ janāḥ pratinandantītyevamādayaḥ. tathā pratyupasthitaniyamānām ācārāṇāṃ dṛṣṭārthatvād eva prāmāṇyam - guror anugamāt prīto gurur adhyāpayiṣyati granthagranthibhedinaś ca nyāyān parituṣṭo vakṣyatīti. tathā ca darśayati - tasmāc chreyāṃsaṃ pūrvaṃ yantaṃ pāpīyān paścād anvetīti. prapāstaḍāgāni ca paropakārāya, na dharmāyety evāvagamyate. tathā ca darśanam - dhanvann iva prapā [66] asīti. tathā - sthalayodakaṃ parigṛhṇantīti ca. gotracihnaṃ śikhākarma, darśanaṃ ca - yatra bāṇāḥ saṃpatanti kumārā viśikhā iveti. tena ye dṛṣṭārthāḥ, te tata eva pramāṇam. ye tv adṛṣṭārthāḥ, teṣu vaidikaśabdānumānam iti.