Manava Dharmashastra 2.6.20

2.6.20

satyam | yaḥ kathañcittatprāmāṇye vipratipadyeta taṃ prati nyāyaśāstraprasiddhaṃ prāmāṇyahetukathanametat | adyatve'pi yasyaitaddhetusadbhāvaḥ so'pi manvādivadgrāhyavākyaḥ syāt | tathā ca viduṣāṃ prāyaścittādyupadeśe | tathābhūtā eva pariṣattvena pramāṇībhavanti “eko'pi vedaviddharmaṃ yo vyavasyeddvijottama” iti | ata eva smartṛ parigaṇanā manurviṣṇuryamo'ṅgirā iti nirmūlā | tathā hi paiṭhīnasibaudhāyanapracetaḥprabhṛtayaḥ śiṣṭairevaṃrūpāḥ smaryante | na ca parigaṇanāyāmantarbhāvitāḥ | sarvathā yamavigānena śiṣṭāḥ smaranti vahanti vā evaṃvidhairguṇairyuktam | tena caitatpraṇītamiti tasya vākyaṃ satyapi pauruṣeyatve dharme pramāṇaṃ syāditi | smṛtiśīle ca tadvidām ityasyārthaḥ | adyatve ya evaṃvidhairguṇairyukta īdṛśenaiva ca hetunā granthamupanibadhnīyātsa uttareṣāṃ manvādivatpramāṇībhavet | idānīntanānāṃ tu yadeva tatra tasya bodhakāraṇaṃ tadeva teṣāmastīti na tadvākyādavagatiḥ | idānīntano hi yāvanmūlaṃ na darśayati tāvanna vidvāṃsastadvākyaṃ pramāṇayanti | darśite tu mūle pramāṇīkṛte granthe kālāntare yadi kathañcidaṣṭakādimūlatulyatā syāttadā teṣāṃ śiṣṭaparigrahānyathānupapattyā tanmūlānumānaṃ yuktam |