Manava Dharmashastra 1.3

1.3

dveṣādidoṣarahitasya satāṃ hitāya manvarthatattvakathanāya mamodyatasya| daivādyadi kvacidiha skhalanaṃ tathāpi nistārako bhavatu me jagadantarātmā|
hiśabdo hetau| yasmāttvameko'dvitīyaḥ asya sarvasya pratyakṣaśrutasya smṛtyādyanumeyasya ca vidhānasya vidhīyante'nena karmāṇyagnihotrādīnīti vidhānaṃ vedastasya svayaṃbhuvo'pauruṣeyasyācintyasya bahuśākhāvibhinnatvādiyattayā paricchettumayogyasya aprameyasya mīmāṃsādinyāyanirapekṣatayānavagamyamānaprameyasya| kāryamanuṣṭheyamagniṣṭomādi, tattvaṃ brahma "satyaṃ jñānamanantaṃ brahma" (taitti0 u0 2-1-1) ityādi vedāntavedyaṃ tadevārthaḥ pratipādyabhāgastaṃ vettīti kāryatattvārthavit| medhātithistu karmamīmāṃsāvāsanayā vedasya kāryameva tattvarūpo'rthastaṃ vettīti kāryatattvārthaviditi vyācaṣṭe| tanna| vedānāṃ brahmaṇyapi prāmāṇyābhyupagamānna kāryameva tattvarūpo'rthaḥ| dharmādharmavyavasthāpanasamarthatvātprabho iti saṃbodhanam|