A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 5.10.5

5.10.5

yadi yajñopayogitvamiti | "krītarājakabhojyānna" ityetad vākyamatharvavede'sti | "agnīṣomīye saṃsthite dīkṣitasya gṛhe nāśnīyāt" ityetacca trayyāṃ śrūyate | atharvavedasya yajñopayogaśūnyatvena prāmāṇyamva nāstyataḥ kathamasya trayīgatena "agnīṣomīye saṃsthi tedīkṣitasya gṛhe nāśnīyāt" ityanena saha virodha ityāśaṅkya tantraṭīkāyāmuktam krītarājakabhojyānnavākyaṃ cātharvavaidikam | na ca tasyāpramāṇatve kiñcidapyasti kāraṇam || yajñānupayogaḥ kāraṇamiti cennetyāha yadi yajñopayogitvamiti | ātmīyagocarā iti | ātmīyaḥ svasambandhī padārtho gocaro viṣayo yāsām | yaḥ padārtho yasmin veda utpannaḥ sa padārthastasya vedasyātmīyaḥ, atastena vedena tatpadārthaviṣayāḥ kriyāḥ | yathāsau padārthaḥ kriyate'nuṣṭhīyate tathā pramīyate pratipādyate nānyapadārthagocarāḥ | yathā yajurveda utpannayodarśapūrṇamāsayoḥ kriyā yajurvedena pratipādyate na sāmavedotpannasya śyenāderiti | ekabrahmartvigāśritā iti | ṛtvigantaranirapekṣeṇa brahmaṇeva nirvartyante yāḥ | aśvamedhe pāriplavopākhyāna iti | tatra rājānamabhiṣiñcatīti rājño'bhiṣekasamaye'bhiṣecanīyeṣṭikame ākhyānāni santīti | hariścandropākhyānaṃ śaunakopākhyānaṃ viśiṣṭadhirājacaritasambandhā granthaviśeṣāḥ pāṭhyatvena coditāḥ, tatra ca pāriplavopākhyānasyātharvavedatayā stutiḥ kṛtā |