A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 5.10.16

5.10.16

tapaḥ mahaḥ satyamityāsām | svakarmabhraṣe prāyaścittamiti | tathāhi 'yadi ṛkta āttimārcched bhūrityeva juhuyāt; yadi yajuṣṭaḥ bhuva ityeva; yadi sāmataḥ svar ityevetyatharvavihitaṃ prāyaścittam | na ca tadāryairnādṛtamityanena mīmāṃsakairyadasyāprāmāṇyamāpāditaṃ tadāśaṅkate | upakramavirodhāt | sāmānyena vedabrahmacaryamiti sarvavedaviṣayatvenopakramāt | tena vedāntarādhyayanakṛta iti | yo'yaṃ 'ṣaṭtriṃśadābdikam' ityasya 'aṣṭācatvāriṃśataṃ varṣāṇi' ityanena vikalpaḥ sa vedatrayakṛte dvādaśakatraye sati caturthe dvādaśake'tharvavedāpekṣayā nirdiṣṭe tāvatsaṅkhyāsadbhāvāditi sthitaḥ, na punaḥ prativedaṃ dvādaśa ṣoḍaśa vā varṣāṇītyevam ! anādaro'pyasyāmiti | aṣṭacatvāriṃśataṃ varṣāṇi brahmacarye kṛte dārasaṅgrahapatyotpādanādāvantyo bahukālo yātyataḥ kathaṃ kṛṣṇakeśateti virodhaḥ | atharvavedādhyayanaparyudāsameveti | atharvavedādhyayanaparyudāsasamarthāvedāntyeṣu vedeṣvetad vrataṃ caraṇīyam, na punaratharvavedaḥ sarvathaiva nādhyetavya iti tātparyam | darśitañcātharvaśiro'dhyayaneti | yaduktam trināciketo virajāśchandogo jyeṣṭhasāmagaḥ | atharvaśiraso'dhyetā catvāraḥ paṅktipāvanāḥ || iti || yattu jyeṣṭhasāmaga iti taduktam agryāḥ sarveṣu vedeṣu śrotriyo brahmavittamaḥ | vedārthavijjyeṣṭhasāmā trimadhustrisuparṇakaḥ || iti || jyeṣṭhasāma-trimadhu-trisuparṇāni vratāni tadanuṣṭhāyinastacchabdairuktāḥ | tadanukalpamiti | eṣa vai prathamaḥ kalpaḥ pradāne havyakavyayoḥ | anukalpastvayaṃ yajñe sadā saddbhiranuṣṭhitaḥ ||