रामानुजः -
*yogapāśupatayoś ceśvarasya kevalanimittakāraṇatā, parāvaratattvaviparītakalpanā, vedabahiṣkṛtācāro nirākṛtaḥ; na yogasvarūpam, paśupatisvarūpaṃ ca*/ *ataḥ ‘sāṅkhyaṃ yogaḥ paṃcarātraṃ vedāḥ pāśupataṃ tathā*/ *ātmapramāṇāny etāni na hantavyāni hetubhiḥ’ iti tattadabhihitatattat-svarūpamātram aṅgīkāryam; jinasugatābhihitatattvavat sarvaṃ na bahiṣkāryam ity ucyate*/
And in Yoga and Pāśupata, it is the Lord’s being merely the instrumental cause \[of creation\], the contradictory notions regarding the true essence of the totality of existence, and the conduct outlawed by the Veda that are rejected. It is not \[that\] Yoga and Paśupati \[are rejected\] *per se*. Thus it is said, ‘Sāṃkhya, Yoga, Pañcarātra, the Vedas, and Pāśupata: these are the valid means of knowledge with regard to *ātman*, and they cannot be destroyed by logical arguments.’ \[Therefore\] the bare essentials of each of the \[world-views\] set forth in these various \[systems\] are to be accepted. It is said \[therefore\] that not everything \[in these systems\] is to be rejected, as is the case with the \[schemes of\] reality set forth by the Jina and the Buddha.” \( *Śrībhāṣya* 334.18-335.2\)