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आन्वीक्षिकी त्रयी वार्त्ता दण्ड नीतिश् च इति विद्याः ॥

Logic (anvikshaki), the triple Védas (Trayi), Várta (agriculture, cattle-breeding and trade), and Danda-Niti (science of government) are what are called the four sciences.

english translation

त्रयी वार्त्ता दण्ड नीतिश् च इति मानवाः ॥

The school of Manu (Manava) hold that there are only three sciences: the triple Vedas, Varta and the science of government.

english translation

त्रयी विशेषो ह्य् आन्वीक्षिकी इति ॥

inasmuch as the science of Anvikshaki is nothing but a special branch of the Vedas.

english translation

वार्त्ता दण्ड नीतिश् च इति बार्हस्पत्याः ॥

The school of Brihaspati say that there are only two sciences: Varta and the science of government.

english translation

संवरण मात्रं हि त्रयी लोक यात्रा विद इति ॥

inasmuch as the Triple Vedas are merely an abridgment (Samvarana, pretext?) for a man experienced in affairs temporal (Lokayatravidah).

english translation