यदा नित्येषु वाक्येषु पदार्थस्तु विविच्यते । वाक्यार्थज्ञानसंक्रान्त्यै तदा प्रश्नो न युज्यते ॥
yadā nityeṣu vākyeṣu padārthastu vivicyate | vākyārthajñānasaṃkrāntyai tadā praśno na yujyate ||
When, in the eternal sentences, the meaning of the words is discriminated so that knowledge of the sentence's meaning may be passed on, then the question [against this method] is not appropriate.
जब नित्य [वेद-]वाक्यों में वाक्यार्थ का ज्ञान पहुँचाने के लिए पदों के अर्थ का विवेचन होता है, तब [इस विधि पर] प्रश्न उचित नहीं।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Taking a teaching apart word by word is not doubting it; it is how its meaning is handed on from teacher to student.
किसी उपदेश को शब्द-शब्द खोलना उस पर सन्देह करना नहीं; इसी से उसका अर्थ गुरु से शिष्य तक पहुँचता है।
Shankaracharya defends the method: when, to convey the meaning of the eternal Vedic sentences, the meanings of their words are being sorted out, an objection [to the method] is out of place.