Manusmriti 46.84

46.84

( 4 ) rāghavānandaḥ | sarvasādhye vedasyaivasādhanatvamāha idamiti | idaṃ vedarūpaṃ ajñānāṃ vedārthānabhijñānāṃ pāṭhamātreṇa ṛcodhadhīteityādiphalahetutvāvagamāt | vijānatāṃ karmakartavyatayā viduṣāṃtadupāyabhūtam | idamevasvargamicchatā̍yāgādyanuṣṭhāyināmapīdaṃsādhanaṃ yāgādibodhahetutvāt | ānantyaṃmokṣamicchatā̍mumukṣūṇāṃ tadupāyatattvajñānajanakatvāditi taduktamatraiva | brāhmaṇeṣu ca vidvāṃsovidvatsu kṛtabuddhayaḥ | kṛtabuddhiṣu kartāraḥkartṛṣu brahmavedinaiti | upavītaṃvātatpradhānatvāditi nyāyādvā sarvasādhanastutyātmadhyānaṃvighatte idamiti nivītaṃmanuṣyāṇāṃprācīnāvītaṃ pitṝṇāmupavītaṃ devānāmityatropavītameva nivītādipadābhyāṃśrūyate upavyayate devalakṣmameva tatkurutaityupavītasya prādhānyavataiti nyāyārthaḥ | athavā'jñānāmityādipadacatuṣṭayena brahmacaryādicaturṇāṃgrahaṇam |