युक्तियुक्तमुपादेयं वचनं बालकादपि ।
अन्यत्तृणमिव त्याज्यमप्युक्तं पद्मजन्मना ॥
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.”