Mīmāmsa Sūtra 01.01.29

उक्तन्तु शब्दपूर्वत्वम् ॥१-१-२९॥

uktantu śabdapūrvatvam ॥1-1-29॥

[उक्त (ukta) - declared; तु (tu) - but; शब्द (śabda) - sound; पूर्वत्वम् (pūrvatvam) - precedence;]

(But declared is the precedence of sound.)

However, the precedence of sound has been declared.