Manava Dharmashastra 2.6.4

2.6.4

siddhāntaḥ| atrocyate | iha ye dharmasūtrakārā avyutpannapuruṣavyutpādanārthaṃ padārthasammādanaparatayā granthasandarbhānārabhante tatra yathaivāṣṭakādīnāṃ vedākhyaṃ kartṛvyatāmavagamya parāvabodhanārthamupanibandhaḥ, evaṃ pramāṇāntarasiddhasya vedaprāmāṇyādeḥ| santi kecitpratipattāro ye nyāyatastattvavivecanāsamarthā ūhāpohādirūpabuddhyabhāvāt | tānprati nyāyasiddho'pyarthaḥ suhṛdupadeśavadupadiśyate| tatra yannyāyātaḥ siddhaṃ vedasya dharmamūlatvaṃ tadevānenānūdyate| vedo dharmamūlam| dharmasya mūlatvena vedo vicārya yuktyā siddho nātrāprāmāṇyaśaṅkā kartavyā| bhavanti ca loke śaṃkaṃ pramāṇāntarasiddhānāmarthānāmupadeśāḥ | 'na tvayā'jīrṇe bhoktavyamajīrṇaprabhavā hi rogāḥ'| na caitadvaktavyam,—“ye nyāyato vedasya dharmamūlatvaṃ na śaknuvanti pratipattuṃ te vacanādapi na pratyevyanti” | yato dṛśyate ya āptatvena prasiddhāstadīyaṃ vacanamavicāryaiva kecana pramāṇīyaṃnti| tadevaṃ sarvamidaṃ prakaraṇaṃ nyāyamūlaṃ, na vedamūlam| anyatrāpi vyavahārasmṛtyādau yatra nyāyamūlatā tatra yathāvasaraṃ darśayiṣyāmaḥ | aṣṭakādīnāṃ yathā vedamūlatā tathā'traiva nirdiśyate |