आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

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भूतादिबोधने शक्ता चोदनैवापरं नतु ।
इत्ययं नियमो युक्तो ह्यन्यासत्त्वे विनिश्चिते ॥ ३३१२ ॥

bhūtādibodhane śaktā codanaivāparaṃ natu |
ityayaṃ niyamo yukto hyanyāsattve viniścite || 3312 ||

The assertion that—“the Veda alone—and nothing else—is able to provide knowledge of the past, etc.—could be true only if the non-existence of the other sources were certain.—(3312)

Kamalaśīla

The following assertion has been made by you Mīmāṃsakas—“The Veda can make known such things as the past, the present, the future, the subtle, the hidden and so forth; which cannot be done by any other Sense-organ” (Śabara-Bhāṣya 1. 1. 2).—This is also a mere assertion without any reason,—based upon sheer faith.—This is what is shown in the following:—[see verse 3312 above]

‘Nothing else’—in the shape of Perception by the Omniscient Person and so forth.

‘The non-existence of other sources’;—if it were quite certain that the other source, in the shape of the Omniscient Person is non-existent,—then alone, not otherwise, could it be reasonable to make the above assertion; as any such restriction would, under the circumstances, be meaningless.—(3312)