A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 1.16.3

1.16.3

itihāsapurāṇābhyāmapīti | tayorhi vedavihitameva kvacit tatpratiṣiddham, kvacid viśiṣṭapuruṣācaraṇadvāreṇa viśiṣṭaphalapradatvena pradarśitam 'idaṃ karmāmunā samācaritam, so'pyevaṃrūpeṇāniṣṭena phalena yogaṃ prāpa' iti vaidika evārtho viśiṣṭapuruṣānuṣṭhānatatphalakīrtanena pratanyate | yathā daśarathādervedavedoditāṃ putreṣṭyādikriyāmanuṣṭhitavato rāmabharatādiputrajanmapravartanam; nahuṣādeśca brāhmaṇāvagūraṇādiniṣiddhācaraṇenājagaratvāptyādyaniṣṭaphalakīrtanam | tathā ca loke vyādhitā na tathā vaidyopadiṣṭauṣadhādisevane pravartante, yathā pārśvasthoktāḥ 'idamauṣadhaṃ sevyatām, asmin hi sevite mamānyasya caiṣa vyādhirāśveva vinaṣṭa iti | vedaṃ samupabṛṃhayet iti | vaidikāni vidhivākyāni paurāṇikairaitihāsikaiśca tatphalaparairūpākhyānairvimiśrayedityarthaḥ | na ca samyag madabhidheyānuṣṭheyasārūpyād mayā vedaprāmāṇyasādhakānāmeva nyāyavistarapadavācyatvam vaiśeṣikāstu nyāyavistarānupāyinaḥ nyāyavistarasyaivānvīkṣikīpadavācyatvam vidyāsthānānāṃ caturdaśatvanirṇayaḥ