A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 56.15.10

56.15.10

evaṃ gaṇeyaśabde'pi ṇerlopaḥ kayāpi bhaṅgyā corṇamitivat samarthyaḥ | yat punaḥ, smṛtiviparyayāpādanaṃ tadabhiprāyāparijñānādeva | śabdānāṃ hi rāśitrayeṇānuśāsanam | chandomūlaprayogadarśanāt, chandobhāṣāprayuktidṛṣṭeḥ, bhāṣāprayogāvagamācca | na punarviṣayaniyamastaistaiḥ sūtre kriyate | avaśyaṃ caitadevaṃ vijñeyam, yadi punaḥ paripanthyādayaḥ śabdāśchandoviṣayā eva syustadā padapadārthavyutpattyabhāvādapratipādakatvalakṣaṇamaprāmāṇyaṃ śruteḥ prasajyeta | chandograhaṇantu teṣu teṣu sūtreṣu teṣāṃ svamate vyākaraṇasyāvaśyādhyeyatvam dugdhadhāreti dugdhadhārāvadamalā madhurāśca tathā sudhābinduniṣyandinyastu yāḥ | tat kutastyamitaretarāśrayamiti | sati vedāṅgatvena vyākaraṇāt pramāṇabhūtārthaniścaye vedasyāpratipādakatvābhāvāt, | prāmāṇyam, sati ca tatprāmāṇye tadaṅgatvena vyākaraṇaprāmāṇyamiti yaditaretarāśrayaṃ tat kutastyam | bhogimataśrutasaṅgibhiḥ | bhogī śeṣaḥ, tanmataṃ mahābhāṣyaṃ tacchrutena saṅgaśīlā ye bhartṛhariprabhṛtaya āryā iti bhadram |