yuktiyuktaṃ vaco grāhyaṃ bālād api śukād api
yukti hīnam, vacas tyājyaṃ vṛddhād api śukād api
Whatever is based on sound reasoning ought to be accepted, even if it proceeds from a boy or parrot. Whatever is not so based ought to be rejected, even if it is uttered by an old man or the sage Śuka himself.
asked Jan 22, 2019 at 4:32
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2Seems like a Sanskrit Subhasita– Pandya ♦Jan 22, 2019 at 6:21
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1Looks like there is also a similar verse also with the name of Bṛhaspati (Guru of the Gods). युक्तियुक्तं वचो ग्राह्यं बालादपि शुकादपि । अयुक्तमपि न ग्राह्यं साक्षादपि बृहस्पतेः ॥– SwiftPushkarJan 22, 2019 at 7:30
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युक्तिहीनविचारेण धर्महानिः प्रजायते, but अचिन्त्या खलु ये भावा मा तांस्तर्केण योजयेत्. So role of logic is both accepted but not everywhere– user17294Jan 22, 2019 at 8:11
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1Similar verse is there in yoga vasitha!– HarshMar 13, 2022 at 16:57
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We can find a similar verse from Yoga Vasistha. i.e
युक्तियुक्तमुपादेयं वचनं बालकादपि ।
अन्यत्तृणमिव त्याज्यमप्युक्तं पद्मजन्मना ॥ ३ ॥yuktiyuktamupādeyaṃ vacanaṃ bālakādapi |
anyattṛṇamiva tyājyamapyuktaṃ padmajanmanā || 3 ||Words conformable with reason are to be received even if spoken by boys; otherwise, they are to be rejected as straws though pronounced by the lotus-born.
Source - Yoga Vasitha [2.18.3]
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Hi, I have edited your answer to support better formatting with block quotes. Feel free to roll back the edit, if you don't agree with it. Thanks!– ViviktaMar 29, 2022 at 12:50
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