Men given to penances and endued with intelligence, and who have the Shrutis and knowledge for their eyes, consider the injunctions of the Vedas, which have been declared through and compiled by the Rishis, to be the words of God himself.
तपस्विनो धृतिमन्तः श्रुतिविज्ञानचक्षुषः। सर्वमाष हि मन्यन्ते व्याहृतं विदितात्मनः॥