Manava Dharmashastra 1.1.6

1.1.6

na hi sargādiphalabhoktṛtvāvasthā kadācidapaiti | sarvāṇi bhūtāni mayā sraṣṭavyānītyevambhāvitacitto bhūtātmā evaṃ sampannaḥ sarvabhūtamaya ityucyate | yathā mṛnmayo ghaṭo mṛdvikāratvānmṛdviśrārabdhaśarīra evaṃ yaḥ kaścitkiñcidatyantaṃ bhāvayati sa tanmaya ityupacārāducyate | yathā kṣomayo'yaṃ puruṣaḥ, ṛṅmayo, yajurmaya iti | athavā'dvaitadarśane—naiva cetanācetanāni bhūtāni pṛthaktvena santi, tasyaivāyaṃ vivartaḥ, ato vivartānāṃ bhūtamayatvāccaiśva tasyābhedādyuktameva tanmayatvam | “kathaṃ punarekasya nānārūpavivartinopapattirekatvādvirodhinī ucyate”| evamāhurvivartavādinaḥ—yathā samudrādvāyunā'bhihatā ūrmayaḥ samuttiṣṭhanti, te ca na tato bhidyante nāpi lipyante, sarvathā bhedābhedābhyāmanirvānyāḥ, evamayaṃ brahmaṇo viśvavivartaḥ | apiśabdāccātra draṣṭavyaḥ | svarūpe sthito'grāhyo vivartāvasthāyāmindriyagrāhyaḥ | evaṃ sūkṣmaḥ, apiśabdāt sthūlāvasthāyāṃ sthūlaḥ | avyakto vyaktaśca | śāśvato'śāśvataśca | bhūtamayastadrūparahitaśca | vivartāvasthābhedenaiva vyākhyeyam | acintyaḥ āścaryyarūpaḥ, sarvavilakṣaṇayā śaktyā yogāt |

‘They addressed these words’—‘Vacana’ is that by which something is spoken of; this refers to the question formulated in the second verse; these being the nearest ‘words’ are what are referred to by the pronoun ‘these.’ Some people have held that the pronoun ‘this’ always refers to something directly perceived at the time; for these people also the question may bo regarded as ‘perceived,’ on account of its being present in the mind.—Or ‘vacana,’ may mean that which is spoken of; and in that case it would stand for the subject-matter questioned about. If it be taken as referring to the sentence (and, not to the subject-matter), then the meaning would be that ‘they pronounced this sentence.’—If the term ‘vacana’ means that which is spoken of, the sense is that ‘they asked the following question’; and in that case the verb ‘abruvan,’ ‘addressed,’ would have two objects,—‘Manu’ being the indirect object. In fact, Manu is the object of all the three verbs in the sentence (approach, pay respects to and address).—(1).