Manava Dharmashastra 1.23
Manvarthamuktāvalī 1.23
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1.23
brahma ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃjñaṃ vedatrayaṃ agnivāyuravibhya ākṛṣṭavān| sanātanaṃ nityam| vedāpauruṣeyatvapakṣa eva manorabhimataḥ| pūrvakalpe ye vedāsta eva paramātmamūrterbrahmaṇaḥ sarvajñasya smṛtyārūḍhāḥ| tāneva kalpādau agnivāyuravibhya ācakarṣa| śrautaścāyamartho na śaṅkanīyaḥ| tathāca śrutiḥ—"agnerṛgvedo vāyoryajurveda ādityātsāmavedaḥ" iti| ākarṣaṇārthatvāduhidhātornāgnivāyuravīṇāmakathitakarmatā kiṃtvapādānataiva| yajñasiddhyarthaṃ trayīsaṃpādyatvādyajñānāṃ āpīnasthakṣīravaddidyamānānāmeva vedānā buildmabhivyaktipradarśanārthamākarṣaṇavācako gauṇo duhiḥ prayuktaḥ |