Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c40.s3.t12.12

c40.s3.t12.12

(8) Not only meat as an ingredient of food was known to him but he knew the details of fish-eating too. For instance, the text—‘ये एकस्मिन् कार्ये विकल्पेन साधकाः श्रूयन्ते ते परस्परेण विरोधिनो भवन्ति । विरोधिनश्च न सह प्रवृत्तिः । लोकवत्—यथा मत्स्यान् न पयसा समश्नीयादिति । यद्यपि सगुणा मत्स्या भवन्ति तथापि पयसा सह न समश्यन्ते’ (X. VII. 66), meaning—‘When several things are spoken of as accomplishing the same purpose, they are always regarded as mutually incompatible; and things that are mutually incompatible cannot function jointly; as in the ordinary world; for instance, when it is said “one should not eat fish with milk” the meaning is that “even though the fish be possessed of excellent qualities, yet it is not eaten with milk”, clearly shows that he was very familiar with the process of fish-eating.