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- Read on →: purāṇa-saṁhitām etām ṛṣir nārāyaṇo’vyayaḥ
purāṇa-saṁhitām etām ṛṣir nārāyaṇo’vyayaḥ |
nāradāya purā prāha kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanāya saḥ ||
sa vai mahyaṁ mahārāja bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ |
imāṁ bhāgavatīṁ prītaḥ saṁhitāṁ veda-sammitām ||
imāṁ vakṣyaty asau sūta ṛṣibhyo naimiṣālaye |
dīrgha-satre kuru-śreṣṭha sampṛṣṭaḥ śaunakādibhiḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 12.4.41–43)“[Śrī Śukadeva to Mahārāja Parīkṣit:] In the past, the Seer, Nārāyaṇa, spoke this compendium of the Purāṇas [viz., Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, to Brahmā], the unhindered one [viz., Brahmā, spoke it] to Nārada, and he [viz., Nārada, spoke it] to Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana [viz., Vyāsa]. O Great King, he, Bhagavān Bādarāyaṇa [viz., Vyāsa], being pleased, [spoke] this compendium related to Bhagavān [viz., Śrīmad Bhāgavatam], like the Veda, to me. He, Suta, spoke this to the seers at Naimiṣāraṇya during a long sacrifice, O best of the Kurus, upon being questioned by those led by Śaunaka.”
- Read on →: pratyakṣaṁ cānumānaṁ ca śāstraṁ ca vividhāgamam
pratyakṣaṁ cānumānaṁ ca śāstraṁ ca vividhāgamam |
trayaṁ suviditaṁ kāryaṁ dharma-śuddhim abhīpsatā ||
ārṣaṁ dharmopadeśaṁ ca veda-śāstrāvirodhinā |
yas tarkeṇānusandhatte sa dharmaṁ veda naitaraḥ ||
(Manu-smṛti: 12.105–106)“(1) Perception (pratayakṣa), (2) inference (anumāna), and (3) the śāstra—various sacred knowledges [i.e., those coming from the Śruti and Smṛti]—accurate understanding of these three is to be gathered by one desirous of veracity in dharma. One who inquires into the seers’ teaching of the dharma [i.e., Vedic dharma] with reasoning (tarka) that is not contrary to Vedic śāstras understands dharma, and not another [i.e., and not someone who fails to inquire or reason inappropriately while doing so].”
- Read on →: śatror api guṇā grāhyā doṣā vācyā guror api
śatror api guṇā grāhyā doṣā vācyā guror api |
sarvathā sarva-yatnena putre śiṣye hitaṁ vadet ||
(Mahābhārata: 4.51.15)“Qualities even of an enemy are to be accepted, and faults even of an elder (guru) are to be acknowledged. With all [due] care one should under all circumstances say that which is beneficial for a son and a disciple.”
- Read on →: ālasyāt mūrkha-saṁyogād bhayād roga-nipīḍanāt
ālasyāt mūrkha-saṁyogād bhayād roga-nipīḍanāt |
atyaśaktyāc ca mānāc ca ṣaḍbhir vidyā vinaśyati ||
(Māṇḍūkī-śikṣā: 180)“Because of laziness, because of companionship with fools, because of fear, because of the pain of a disease, because of severe inability, and because of conceit—learning is ruined by these six.”
- Read on →: yukti-yuktaṁ vaco grāhyaṁ bālād api śukād api
yukti-yuktaṁ vaco grāhyaṁ bālād api śukād api |
ayuktam api na grāhyaṁ sākṣād api bṛhaspateḥ ||
(Unknown source)“A statement endowed with reason, even from a boy, and even from a parrot, is to be accepted, while one devoid of reason is not to be accepted even from Bṛhaspati himself.
- Read on →: yukti-yuktam upādeyaṁ vacanaṁ bālakād api
yukti-yuktam upādeyaṁ vacanaṁ bālakād api |
anyat tṛṇam iva tyājyam apy uktaṁ padma-janmanā ||
(Yoga Vaśiṣṭha: 2.18.3)“A statement endowed with reason, even from a boy, is to be accepted. A statement otherwise [i.e., devoid of reason], even from he of lotus birth [viz., Brahmā], is to be rejected like straw.”