Vakyapadiya Verse 1.137

Sanskrit

शब्दानामेव सा शक्तिस्तर्को यः पुरुषाश्रयः । स शब्दानुगतो न्यायोऽनागमेष्वनिवन्धनः ॥ १३७ ॥

Transliteration

śabdānāmeva sā śaktistarko yaḥ puruṣāśrayaḥ | sa śabdānugato nyāyo’nāgameṣvanivandhanaḥ || 137 ||

Translation

137. Reasoning based on human intelligence (as distinct from written tradition) is also ultimately the power of words. Argument not based on words among those who have no written tradition, is really without any basis.

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