Yudhishthira said Tell me, O grandfather, which among these (four) is most authoritative, viz., direct reason be perception, Inference from observation, the science of scriptures, and various kinds of practices which distinguish the good.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच प्रत्यक्षं लोकतः सिद्धिर्लोक्श्चागमपूर्वकः। शिष्टाचारो बहुविधस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥