एवं वदन्ति राजर्षे ऋषय: के च नान्विता: । यत् स्ववाचो विरुध्येत नूनं ते न स्मरन्त्युत ॥ ३० ॥
evaṁ vadanti rājarṣe ṛṣayaḥ ke ca nānvitāḥ yat sva-vāco virudhyeta nūnaṁ te na smaranty uta
- evam
- so
- vadanti
- say
- rāja-ṛṣe
- O sage among kings (Parīkṣit)
- ṛṣayaḥ
- sages
- ke ca
- some
- na
- not
- anvitāḥ
- reasoning correctly
- yat
- since
- sva
- their own
- vācaḥ
- words
- virudhyeta
- are contradicted
- nūnam
- for certain
- te
- they
- na smaranti
- do not remember
- uta
- indeed
Such is the account given by some sages, O wise King, but those who speak in this illogical way are contradicting themselves, having forgotten their own previous statements.