युक्तियुक्तं वचो ग्राह्यं बालादपि शुकादपि ।
अयुक्तमपि न ग्राह्यं साक्षादपि वृहस्पते: ॥
yukti-yuktaṁ vaco grāhyaṁ bālād api śukād api |
ayuktam api na grāhyaṁ sākṣād api bṛhaspateḥ ||
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“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.
Variant forms
युक्तियुक्तं वचो ग्राह्यं बालादपि शुकादपि ।
युक्तिहीनं वचस्त्याज्यं वृद्धादपि शुकादपि ॥
yukti-yuktaṁ vaco grāhyaṁ bālād api śukād api |
yukti-hīnaṁ vacas tyājyaṁ vṛddhād api śukād api ||
“A statement endowed with reason, even from a boy, and even from a parrot, is to be accepted. A statement devoid of reason, even from an elder, and even from Śuka [i.e., the sage], is to be rejected.”
युक्तियुक्तं वचो ग्राह्यं बालादपि शुकादपि ।
युक्त्ययुक्तं वचोऽग्राह्यं वृद्धादपि शुकादपि ॥
yukti-yuktaṁ vaco grāhyaṁ bālād api śukād api |
yukty-ayuktaṁ vaco’grāhyaṁ vṛddhād api śukād api ||
“A statement endowed with reason, even from a boy, and even from a parrot, is to be accepted. A statement devoid of reason, even from an elder, and even from Śuka [i.e., the sage], is not to be accepted.”