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इत्थं मानेऽस्थिते वेदे शिष्याचार्यपरम्परा ।
अनादिः कल्प्यमानाऽपि नादोषत्वाय युज्यते ॥ २३७८ ॥

itthaṃ māne’sthite vede śiṣyācāryaparamparā |
anādiḥ kalpyamānā’pi nādoṣatvāya yujyate || 2378 ||

Thus, the Veda not having been proved to be valid, any beginningless line of pupils and teachers, even though assumed, cannot make it faultless.—(2378)

Kamalaśīla

From the above it follows that it is not right to assert as has been asserted (by the Mīmāṃsaka, under Text 2350, above) that—‘The Veda being reliable, a beginningless line of Pupils and Teachers tends to make it faultless’.

This is what is shown in the following:—[see verse 2378 above]

After ‘māne’, we should read ‘a-sthite’,—(2378)

Question:—“Why cannot it make it faultless?”

Answer:—[see verse 2379 next]