A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 1.4.242

1.4.242

nanu ! bhavati sarvaśākhāpratyayamekaṃ karma . tatpunaḥ trivedīsambaddhasarvaśākhāpratyayameva, nātharvaśākhāpratyayaṃ; yataḥ somayāgādikarmaṇāṃ ṛgvedena hautraṃ, yajurvedenādhvaryavaṃ, samāvedenaudgātraṃ kiyate, nātharvavedena kiñciditi—tadayuktam—atharvavedena brahmatvasya karaṇāt . tathā ca gopathabrāhmaṇam—prajāpatissomena yakṣyamāṇo vedānuvāca . kaṃ vo hotāraṃ vṛṇīyamiti go. brā. 2-24 iti prakramya, tasmādṛgvidameva hotāraṃ vṛṇīṣva, sa hi hautraṃ veda, yajurvidamevādhvaryuṃ vṛṇīṣva, sa hi ādhvaryavaṃ veda, sāmavidamevodgātāraṃ vṛṇīṣva, sa hi odgātraṃ veda, atharvāṅgirovidameva brahmāṇaṃ vṛṇīṣva, sa hi brahmatvaṃ veda go. brā. 2-24 ityabhidhāya, punarāha atha cennaivaṃvidhaṃ hotāraṃ adhvaryumudgātāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ vā vṛṇute purastādeva vaiṣāṃ yajño ricyata iti tasmādṛgvidameva hotāraṃ kuryāt, yajurvidamevādhvaryuṃ, sāmavidamevodgātāraṃ, atharvāṅgirovidameva brahmāṇam go. brā. 2-24 iti . tathā yadūnaṃ ca viriṣṭaṃ ca yātayāmaṃ ca karoti tadatharvaṇāṃ tejasā pratyāpyāyayet go. brā. 1-22 iti, narte bhṛgvaṅgirobhyaḥ somaḥ pātavyaḥ go. brā. 1-28 iti ..