tarko 'pratiá¹£á¹haḥ Å›rutayo vibhinnÄ
nÄsÄv ṛṣir yasya mataá¹ na bhinnam
dharmasya tattvaá¹ nihitaá¹ guhÄyÄá¹
mahÄjano yena gataḥ sa panthÄḥ
tarkaḥ - dry argument; apratiá¹£á¹haḥ - not fixed; Å›rutayaḥ - the Vedas; vibhinnÄḥ - possessing different departments; na - not; asau - that; ṛṣiḥ - great sage; yasya - whose; matam - opinion; na - not; bhinnam - separate; dharmasya - of religious principles; tattvam - truth; nihitam - placed; guhÄyÄm - in the heart of a realized person; mahÄ-janaḥ - self-realized predecessors; yena - by which way; gataḥ - acted; saḥ - that; panthÄḥ - the pure, unadulterated path.
This is a verse spoken by Yudhiá¹£á¹hira MahÄrÄja in the MahÄbhÄrata, Vana-parva 313.117.