अस्माकमस्ति मतिरङ्ग तयेति सर्व- शास्त्रैकवाक्यकरणं फलितं यतोऽयः । प्रातीतिकार्थमपशास्त्रनिजाङ्गपुष्टा- त्संवेदनादितरदस्ति ततः प्रमाणम् ॥ ७० ॥
asmākamasti matiraṅga tayēti sarva- śāstraikavākyakaraṇaṁ phalitaṁ yatō’yaḥ | prātītikārthamapaśāstranijāṅgapuṣṭā- tsaṁvēdanāditaradasti tataḥ pramāṇam || 70 ||
Translation
We have, dear one, an understanding by which all the scriptures are brought to one meaning, from which good fortune follows; so our authority is other than knowledge built on the seeming meaning, nourished by false scripture and its own limbs.
Word by word
- asmākam
- we
- asti
- have
- matir
- (matiḥ) an understanding
- aṅga
- dear one; limbs
- tayā
- by which
- iti
- thus
- sarva
- all
- śāstra
- the scriptures
- ēkavākya
- to one meaning
- karaṇaṁ
- bringing
- phalitaṁ
- follows
- yatō
- (yataḥ) from which
- ayaḥ
- good fortune
- prātītika
- the seeming
- artham
- meaning
- apaśāstra
- by false scripture
- nija
- its own
- puṣṭāt
- nourished
- saṁvēdanād
- than knowledge
- itarad
- other
- tataḥ
- so
- pramāṇam
- authority
Meaning
The sarga ends in vasantatilakā. The commentary meets a doubt: Kapila, Kaṇāda and Jaimini also knew the Veda, so how do they teach otherwise, and what makes your teaching different? The answer: our understanding brings all the śrutis to one sentence, the meaning of the great saying, open to direct experience, and from it the good fortune of freedom in life follows. Their knowledge rests on reasoning alone and does not reach that meaning. The claim is not that others are dishonest, but that their method stops short.