Veda-Pramāṇya-siddhi
tasmai bhagavate kṛtvā namo vyāsāya vedhase puruṣāya purāṇāya bhṛguvākyapravarttine mānuṣacchadmarūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave Pramāṇas are three — “pratyakṣaṃ cānumānaṃ ca śāstraṃ ca vividhā''gamam | trayaṃ suviditaṃ kāryaṃ dharmaśuddhimabhīpsatā . 105 |” “If one desires to obtain the correct knowledge of Dharma, he should become fully acquainted with these three:—Perception, Inference and the Scriptures of various traditions.—(105)” Among them Śāstra is the highest —“pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ vedaścakṣuḥ sanātanam | aśakyaṃ cāprameyaṃ ca vedaśāstramiti sthitiḥ . 94 .” “For Pitṛs, gods and men, the Veda is the eternal eye; the teaching of the Veda is beyond power and illimitable. Such is the settled fact.—(94)” As said in the Kaṭha upaniṣad— “नैषा तर्केण मतिरापनेया प्रोक्तान्येनैव सुज्ञानाय प्रेष्ठ ।” This idea cannot be reached by mere Mundane reasoning. This idea, Oh dearest, leads to sound knowledge, only if taught by another [śāstra snigdha sādhu]. Also said in the Kena upaniṣad—...
