A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 5.10.8

5.10.8

'varṣādikṛtajyaiṣṭhyavyatirekeṇa sāṅgavedādhyayanabalalabdhānūcānavyapadeśo no'smākaṃ mahān jyāyān' ityevam ṛṣayo dharmamaryāśaṃ kṛtavantaḥ | yāvadasya pūrvoktasya ṛgādeḥ sambandhino'ṇorapi svalpasyāpi arthadvāreṇa vijñānādapi yo labdhānūcānavyapadeśaḥ so'pi no mahāniti ṛṣayo dharmaṃ cakrira ityarthaḥ | naiṣṭhiko brahmacārī yo brahmacaryeṇaiva śarīraṃ niṣṭhām antaṃ nayati | pañcāgniḥ sabhyāvasathyābhyāṃ saha tretayā | vedādhikaraṇa iti | yatra 'vedāṃścaike sannikarṣaṃ puruṣākhyā' iti kaṭhādikṛtatvena kāṭhakādisamākhyāvaśāt kṛtakatvena vedānāṃ pūrvapakṣaḥ kṛtaḥ, vedāṃścaike sannikarṣaṃ sannikṛṣṭakālabhavaṃ vākyajātaṃ manyante | yataḥ puruṣaiḥ kāṭhakādibhistasya