Subhashita Ratna Bhandagara153.25Anushtubh
युक्तियुक्तं प्रगृह्णीयात् बालादपि विचक्षणः । रवेरविषयं वस्तु किं न दीपः प्रकाशयेत् ॥
युक्तियुक्तम्logically sound
प्रगृह्णीयात्should accept / take up
बालात्from a child
अपिeven / also
विचक्षणःthe wise person
रवेःof the sun
अविषयम्beyond reach / out of scope
वस्तुobject / thing
किम्what / (with na) does not
नnot (with kim: rhetorical "does not?")
दीपःlamp
प्रकाशयेत्illuminates
A wise person should accept a logical argument even from a child. Does not a small lamp illuminate what the sun cannot reach?
humilitywisdom