Yāska's Nirukta 12.5

12.5

" yatho etat" yat punaretaduktam,-" brāhmaṇena rūpasampannā vidhīyanta iti "| atra brūmaḥ- "uditānuvādaḥ sa bhavati " | na [nāma ] samarthā ātmānameva [ete ] svena rūpeṇa vidhātumityato brāhmaṇena vidhīyaṃte, kintarhi ? ātmaniyogāśrayamuktameva santaṃ mantreṇārthaṃ brāhmaṇamanuvakti vistareṇa prakṛtārthasantuṣṭuṣayā | na hyanūktaṃ stotuṃ śakyate, so'yamevamuditasyānuvāda eva bhavati, uktānuvāda ityarthaḥ | api cāneke'pi samānaliṅgāḥ prakaraṇe mantrā bhavanti | te hyahampūrvikayā ekaṃ prayogaṃ prati 'khale kapota'-vat sampatanti, teṣāṃ samuccaye vikalpe ca prāpte sati abhimata eko niyamārthaṃ brāhmaṇena vidhīyate | evamubhayorarthavattvaṃ mantrabrāhmaṇayoḥ || tatra yaduktam--rūpasampannavidhānānmantrānarthakyam, mantrārthavattve vā brāhmaṇānarthakyamiti, etadayuktam | tasmādubhayamarthavat-mantrāśca brāhmaṇaṃ ceti 1 |
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