Manava Dharmashastra 2.89

2.89

saṅkhyānirdeśo'yaṃ pramāṇāntaragamyo na śāstrārthaḥ, sauhārdena tu vyutpādyate | tāni pūrvaṃ manīṣiṇa āhuḥ | parastānnāmataḥ karmataśca vakṣyāmi | ānupūrvyamanākulatā | pūrvagrahaṇāneyaṃ tārkikaireva vyavasthā kalpitā, kintu pūrveṣāmapyācāryāṇāṃ sthitaiva | etāmajānanto nāgamikā iti lokairupahasyante, ityato'yaṃ veditavyaḥ | prasiddhāḥ padārthā vyākhyātāśca prāk |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This enumeration of the organs is as laid down in other sources of information; and the present text is not intended to lay down the number of organs. The description is provided by our author only on account of his good will towards his audience. The organs have been named by the ancient sages; and I shall now describe their names and also their function.

‘In due order.’— Implies absence of confusion.

The reference to the ‘ancient sages’ is meant to indicate that the enumeration of the organs is not something invented by the logicians, it was something already known among the ancient teachers. In fact, people not knowing this are ridiculed by men as ‘not learned in the scriptures’; hence these should be properly understood.

The meaning of the words of the text are well known, and have been already explained.—(89)