Madhya 17.186

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তর্কোঽপ্রতিষ্ঠঃ শ্রুতয়ো বিভিন্না
নাসাবৃষির্যস্য মতং ন ভিন্নম্‌ ।
ধর্মস্য তত্ত্বং নিহিতং গুহায়াং
মহাজনো যেন গতঃ স পন্থাঃ ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
tarko 'pratisthaḥ srutayo vibhinna
nasav rsir yasya matam na bhinnam
dharmasya tattvam nihitam guhayam
mahajano yena gataḥ sa panthaḥ
SYNONYMS
tarkaḥ-dry argument; apratisthaḥ-not fixed; srutayaḥ-Vedas; vibhinnaḥ-possessing different departments; na-not; asau-that; rsiḥ-great sage; yasya-whose; matam-opinion; na-not; bhinnam-separate; dharmasya-of religious principles; tattvam-truth; nihitam-placed; guhayam-in the heart of a realized person; maha-janaḥ-self-realized predecessors; yena-by which way; gataḥ-acted; saḥ-that; panthaḥ-the pure unadulterated path.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued," 'Dry arguments are inconclusive. A great personality whose opinion does not differ from others is not considered a great sage. Simply by studying the Vedas, which are variegated, one cannot come to the right path by which religious principles are understood. The solid truth of religious principles is hidden in the heart of an unadulterated self-realized person. Consequently, as the sastras confirm, one should accept whatever progressive path the mahajanas advocate.' "
PURPORT
This is a verse spoken by Yudhisthira Maharaja in the Mahabharata, Vana-parva (313.117).

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