[INDOLOGY] Mahabharat verse on unreliability of the intellect

[Elliot Stern]

Found in the Gretil text of the BORI āraṇyakaparvan:

03,297.061d at 032_0065	tarko 'pratiṣṭhaḥ śrutayo vibhinnā
03,297.061d at 032_0066	naiko ṛṣir yasya mataṃ pramāṇam
03,297.061d at 032_0067	dharmasya tattvaṃ nihitaṃ guhāyāṃ
03,297.061d at 032_0068	mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ


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> On 24 Feb  2017, at 13:24, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> This source seems to give a reference to the Vanaparvan of the MBH (but I have no idea what edition of the MBH they are referring to):
> 
> Chant and Be Happy: The Power of Mantra Meditation <https://books.google.com/books?id=M_dhBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT46&lpg=PT46&dq=tarko%27prati%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADha%E1%B8%A5&source=bl&ots=h3J4tMAJ7_&sig=QG1R8wmBr53-fRJACubGeeClSEs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi40f_rrKnSAhXMyoMKHT0PDooQ6AEIKDAE>
> https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9171497021 <https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9171497021>
> Based on the teachings of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada <https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1280&bih=571&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Based+on+the+teachings+of+His+Divine+Grace+A.+C.+Bhaktivedanta+Swami+Prabhupada%22&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi40f_rrKnSAhXMyoMKHT0PDooQ9AgIKTAE> - 1984 - ‎Philosophy
> As stated inthe Mahābhārata (Vana-pārva 313.117): tarko 'pratiṣṭhaḥ śrutayo vibhinnā nāsāv ṛṣir yasya mataṁna bhinnam dharmasyatattvaṁ nihitaṁ ...
> 
> Madhav Deshpande
> Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> 
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Edwin F. Bryant via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto: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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