न वेदाः प्रभवस्तत्र स्मृतीनां स्मरणं कुतः ।
नानेतिहासयुक्तानां नानामार्गप्रदर्शिनाम् ॥३७॥
na vedāḥ prabhavastatra smṛtīnāṃ smaraṇaṃ kutaḥ |
nānetihāsayuktānāṃ nānāmārgapradarśinām ||37||
— not; — the Vedas; — efficacious, of avail; — therein; — of the Smṛtis; — recollection; — whence, how; — of the manifold (works) joined with itihāsa; — of those that point to manifold paths
therein the Vedas are of no avail; whence then the recollection of the Smṛtis—of the many works joined with itihāsa, pointing to manifold paths?