Verse 577

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In plain words

So it runs. Each one certain he is the scholar, every one of them contradicting the next, each holding up the scrap of scripture, the scrap of argument, the scrap of experience that happens to match the doctrine he already keeps —

Close to the Sanskrit

Thus, in this way, by those who think themselves learned, who contradict one another, who possess scanty scripture, reasoning, and experience conforming to their several doctrines —