Manava Dharmashastra 2.6.17

2.6.17

tasmādastimanvādīnāmasminnarthe vedasambandho, na punarayameva prakāra iti nirdhārayituṃ śakyam | draḍhīyasī kartavyatāvagatirvedavidāṃ vedamūlaiva yuktā kalpayituṃ, na bhrāntyādimūletyavagatyanurūpakāraṇakalpanā kṛtā bhavati | tatrotsādaviprakīrṇai mantrārthavāde pratyakṣavedānāṃ kāraṇānāṃ sambhavātkalpyatvamupaśete | pratyatco'pi vidhiḥ kvacinmūlatvena dṛśyate 'na malabadvāsasā saha saṃvadediti' | sa cādhyayane copanayane ca paṭhyate | tadetalleśatau'smābhiruktam | vistarastu smṛtivivekau'jñātavyaḥ | śākhāḥ kāścitsamutsannāḥ, pakṣo naiṣa mato mama | pakṣe'smin pramāṇaṃ hi vahvadṛṣṭaṃ prasajyate || upapannataraḥ pakṣo vicchinnānāṃ tatastataḥ | utpattyādisamāhāraḥ prāyaśo dṛśyate hyadaḥ || anekaśiṣyopādhyāyaiḥ śrotriyairāhṛto'paraiḥ | śakto racayituṃ śrutvā śākhāṃ tāṃ tāṃ kutaścana || upapannastadānīṃ ca dṛṣṭamūlaiḥ parigrahaḥ | niścayo'smākamapyadya yathā sambhavataḥ sthitaḥ || prayogadyotakā mantrā, dyotanaṃ tasya nāmataḥ | nate'dhikārotpattibhyāṃ prayogasyāsti sambhavaḥ || viśiṣṭadevatālābha ādhāre māntravarṇikaḥ | prakāśakatvānmantrasya tannirvahaṇahetukaḥ || yā siddharūpa ekasmin rūpāntaragatirbhavet | na sā svarūpanāśāya viśvajidvadhikāravat || pratipanne vidhau yuktaṃ tatsambandhārthakalpanam | gatirmantrārthavādebhyo na dṛṣṭā cedvidheḥ kvacit ||