A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 5.10.11

5.10.11

yadā yadā yaḥ kāmastadā tadā tasya siddhirityarthaḥ | arthasya kāmasya yugapadutpatterasambhavādvirodhācca | na hi āyuṣkāmanā - na te samudāyaśabdavyapadeśyāḥ| yattu vākyāntare 'trayyai vidyāyai śuklaṃ tena brahmatvami'ti tatreyaṃ caturthī ṣaṣṭhayāḥ sthāne prayuktā| śukramiti sāramācakṣate | tena trayīvidyāyāḥ sāreṇa brahmatvaṃ kriyate ityuktaṃ bhavati | na ca trayyeva trayyāḥ śuklaṃ bhavati na cātyantaṃ tato'rthāntarameva | tenedamatharvavedātmakameva trayyāḥ śukram | śukramiti ca guhyamāhuḥ, atharvaśabdo'pi rahasyavacano 'yajñātharvāṇaṃ vai kāmyā iṣṭaya' iti | tena trayīśuklarūpeṇātharvavedena brahmatvamitītthamatharvavedasya na trayībāhyatvam | itthaṃ sarvaśākhāpratyayamekaṃ karmeti na sarvaśabdaḥ saṅkocito bhavati | ata eva brahmavedo'tharvaveda iti pūrvottarabrāhmaṇe paṭhyate ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedaḥ brahmaveda iti | tathā ca kāṭhaka śatādhyayane 'brāhmaṇe brahmaudane śrūyate brahmavādino vadanti purā vā auddālakirāruṇirvāca brahmaṇe tvā prāṇāya juṣṭaṃ nirvapāmi brahmaṇe tvā vyānāya juṣṭaṃ nirvapāmi' ityupakramya 'ātharvaṇo vai brahmaṇaḥ samāno'tharvaṇamevaitajjuṣṭaṃ nirvapati tataścatuḥ śarāvo bhavati catvāro hīme vedāstāneva bhāginaḥ karoti mūlaṃ vai brahmaṇo