प्रायेणैव हि मीमांसा लोके लोकायतीकृता ।
तामास्तिकपथे कर्तुमयं यत्नः कृतो मया ॥
prāyeṇaiva hi mīmāṁsā loke lokāyatīkṛtā |
tām āstika-pathe kartum ayaṁ yatnaḥ kṛto mayā ||
(Kumārila Bhaṭṭa’s Mīmāṁsā-śloka-vārtika: 10)
“Since Mīmāṁṣa has indeed for the most part been turned materialistic (lokāyata) in the world, this effort to turn it to the theistic (āstika) path has been made by me.”