Manava Dharmashastra 2.11

2.11

asatyāprāmāṇyahetorvedasya yo dvijo hetuśāstrāśrayāddhetuśāstraṃ nāstikatarkaśāstraṃ bauddhacārvākādiśāstram, yatra vedo'dharmāyeti punaḥ punarudghuṣyate, tādṛśaṃ tarkamāśritya yo'vajñāṃ kuryāt | śrutau smṛtau ca kenacidakāryānnivartyeta ‘maivaṃ kārṣīḥ pratiṣiddhaṃ vedeneti’ tamanādṛtya cikīrṣet ‘kiṃnāma yadi vede smṛtiṣu vā pratiṣiddhaṃ, nahi kiñcit tayoḥ samyak prāmāṇyamastīti’ kathayet manasā vā vicintayet | tarkaśāstreṣu nibaddhādaro yadi dṛśyeta | sa sādhubhiḥ śiṣṭairbahiḥkāryastiraskāryaḥ tattatkāryebhyo yājanādhyāpanātithisatkārādibhyaḥ | kriyāviśeṣasyānirdeśādvidvadahebhya iti gamyate | yato'vidvānsamyagasaṃskṛtātmā tārkikagandhitayaivaṃ vyavaharati | āsu ca kriyāsu vidvānadhikriyate | ata eva pūrvaśloke vicāra īdṛśaḥ pratiṣidhyate yastadavajñānaparatayā kriyate, natu yastadarthaviśeṣajijñāsayā | evamarthameva hetumāha nāstiko vedanindakaḥ | ataśca pūrvapakṣe yo vedasyāprāmāṇyaṃ brūyānnāsau nāstikaḥ syāt | siddhāntadārḍhyārthameva pūrvapakṣe hetukathanam | vedanindaka iti smṛtigrahaṇaṃ na kṛtam | tulyatvenobhayoḥ prakṛtatvādanyataranirdeśenaiva siddhamubhayasyāpi grahaṇamityabhiprāyaḥ |
yastvetamarthamaviditvā vedaśabdasya vivakṣitārthatvameva matvā smṛtinindakasya na bahiṣkāraḥ, anena vedanindakasyaiva vihita iti pratipadyeta | taṃ pratyāha -

The text speaking of tin; ‘detractor of the Veda,’ has not mentioned the Smṛti; hut the idea is that both stand on the same footing, and both equally form the subject-matter of the context; hence the mention of any one of them implies both.

Some people might however take the term ‘Veda’ (in the expression ‘detractor of the Veda’) to be actually restricted to the Veda only, and they would thence conclude that ‘the detractor of Smṛtis’ should not be cast out, the casting out in this verse being declared for the ‘detractor of the Veda’ only. With a view to such people the Author adds the following verse.—(11)