आप्तवाक्यादथास्तीह तत्सत्यत्वेऽदृढा मतिः ।
न राजते ह्ययोवक्ता सत्यभाषी कदाचन ॥९०॥
āptavākyādathāstīha tatsatyatve'dṛḍhā matiḥ |
na rājate hyayovaktā satyabhāṣī kadācana
— from the word of a trustworthy person; — or (if you say) then; — there is (valid cognition); — here; — as to its truth; — the conviction is not firm; — does not (always) prevail; — for; — a speaker (otherwise) inerrant; — a teller of truth; — always
Or (if you say) valid cognition arises here from the word of a trustworthy person — (yet) the conviction as to its truth is not firm; for even an (otherwise) inerrant speaker is not always a teller of truth.