Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c19.s1.23

c19.s1.23

The *Bṛhatī* (p. 403) asks—‘What is the meaning of the opponent’s assertion that the Veda is an *Effect*, a product? It has been proved that Words are eternal and so also is the relation of Words with their Denotations; what else then is there in the Veda which could be a product? The answer is that what is meant by the opponent regarding the Veda as an *Effect* or *product* is that it is dependent upon other Means of Cognition; and he argues that the fact of the Veda being so is shown by the presence there of such words as ‘*Babara, the son of Pravahaṇa*’ and so forth. The Mīmāṃsaka’s answer is that all such instances adduced by the other party are capable of being explained away and they do not prove the said dependence of the Veda. The rest of it can be learnt from the *Bhāṣya* (see above).