adṛṣṭapūrveṇakartrā sambandho janyajanakabhāvalakṣaṇo yaḥ kriyate samprati vedasya vedanindakaiḥ so 'jñānahetukaḥ, jñāpakapramāṇābhāvāt /
The relation characterized as that between produced and producer which is now posited by the critics of the Veda between the Veda and an author who has never been seen before is based on ignorance, due to the absence of any valid means of cognition [that could] indicate [it].