brahmanas tri-vidhah smrtah
om-indication of the Supreme; tat-that; sat-eternal; iti-that; nirdesah-indication; brahmanah-of the Supreme; tri-vidhah-three kinds; smrtah-consider; brahmanah-the brahmanas; tena-therefore; vedah-the Vedic literature; ca-also; yajnah-sacrifice; ca-also; vihitah-sacrifice; pura-formerly.