Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 303

303

tadevaṃ nirdoṣatvāt saguṇatvāt sarasatvācca sarvaiḥ paṭhanīyametaditi siddham .
yadvā anādiguruparamparāprāptatvena nityatvādapauruṣeyā itīhopadiṣṭā mantrāḥ
svataḥ pramāṇatvena grāhyāḥ . idaṃ stotraṃ tvidānīṃ tvayoktamiti
pauruṣeyatvādatra

Therefore, thus, because it is flawless, full of literary virtues, and endowed with aesthetic sentiment, it is established that this must be recited by all.
Or rather, it might be argued: the mantras taught here are to be accepted as intrinsically valid because they are eternal, being handed down through a beginningless lineage of gurus, and thus not composed by human agency. But this hymn has been spoken now by you, and therefore, being of human authorship, here