tataś ca vedābhiyuktaparamparāvad vedavaccānayor apyanāditvād adoṣatvam evetyatrāha kartṛkṛtrimavākyānām ityādi /
Since both [the Buddhist texts and tradition] are beginningless like the Veda and the tradition of Vedic scholars, they must be free from defects - to this [objection, the Mīmāṃsaka] responds with [the verse] beginning "kartṛkṛtrimavākyānām."