A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.45

c8.45

“Quod non,” says the opponent. “This passage of the Veda, ‘Whatever Manu said, was medicine,’ is only an Arthavâda (an explanatory remark), and has no evidence by itself. It only serves to illustrate or recommend another precept, viz., that two verses of Manu's are to be used at a certain sacrifice.¹ Therefore, there is no passage in the Veda to warrant the authority of the Smriti; and if Sâkya's, *i. e.* Buddha's, Smriti be exceptionable, the same applies to the Smriti of Manu. Thus it is said, ‘As men speak often untruth and are exposed to error, as no divine precept is given, faith only can be authority.’ But