[INDOLOGY] Mahabharat verse on unreliability of the intellect

[Dominik Wujastyk]

The searchable Mbh text in the SARIT library is the Southern Recension
(Kumbakonam).  The verse you're after, identified by Madhav, is here
<http://sarit.indology.info/exist/apps/sarit/works/search.html?query=prati%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADha%E1%B8%A5+%C5%9Brutayo+&field=text&query-scripts=all&index=ngram&tei-target=tei-text&work-authors=all&query-scope=narrow&bool=new>
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On 24 February 2017 at 11:19, Edwin F. Bryant via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

>
> Friends,
>
> Does anyone know the origin of this verse in the MhBh:
>
> "Logic is unreliable, the Srutis express different viewpoints, and there
> is no RSi who does not have a different philosophy from other sages. The
> essence of dharma is hidden in the innermost recesses of the hearts of
> enlightened souls; one should therefore follow the path traversed by an
> enlightened soul"
>
> This oft-quoted verse appears in the various renditions of the text in the
> section where YudhiSThira answers the questions of the yakSa in the forest
> by the lake, but I can't seem to find it in the BORI edition - which might
> of course be the answer to the dilemma, but i ask just in case.
>
> Many thanks.  Edwin Bryant.
>
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