यन्नाम युक्तिभिरिह प्रवदन्ति तज्ज्ञा- स्तत्राऽवहेलनमयुक्तमुदारबुद्धे । यो युक्तियुक्तमवमत्य विमूढबुद्धिः कष्टाग्रहो भवति तं विदुरज्ञमेव ॥ ४५ ॥
yannāma yuktibhiriha pravadanti tajjñā- statrā’vahēlanamayuktamudārabuddhē | yō yuktiyuktamavamatya vimūḍhabuddhiḥ kaṣṭāgrahō bhavati taṁ vidurajñamēva || 45 ||
Translation
What the knowers declare here by reasoning, O you of large mind, it is not right to disregard. The deluded one who scorns what is supported by reason, holding to his stubborn view, they know him to be ignorant.
Word by word
- yan
- (yat) what
- nāma
- indeed
- yuktibhir
- (yuktibhiḥ) by reasoning
- iha
- here
- pravadanti
- declare
- tajjñās
- (tajjñāḥ) the knowers
- tatra
- it
- avahēlanam
- to disregard
- ayuktam
- is not right
- udāra
- large
- buddhē
- O you of mind
- yō
- (yaḥ) who
- yukti
- by reason
- yuktam
- what is supported
- avamatya
- scorns
- vimūḍha
- deluded
- buddhiḥ
- one
- kaṣṭa
- stubborn
- āgrahō
- (āgrahaḥ) holding to his view
- bhavati
- is
- taṁ
- him
- vidur
- (viduḥ) they know
- ajñam
- ignorant
- ēva
- indeed
Meaning
The sarga ends in vasantatilakā, a longer metre, with a word on how to listen. The commentary: what the knowers establish by reasoning should not be brushed aside; the dull man who disregards what reason supports and clings to what has no reason, the learned count ignorant. The Yoga Vāsiṣṭha asks to be tested by reason, not taken on faith, and asks the reader for the same honesty.