yathā mantreṣvarthavādanirdeśo bhavati tathetihāsādiṣvapi brahmādeḥ sarvajñatvamarthavādād boddhavyam
Just as there are arthavāda [commendatory] declarations in the mantras, similarly in the Itihāsa and other [texts], the omniscience of Brahmā and others should be understood as arthavāda