Charak Samhita

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नहि विस्तरस्य प्रमाणमस्ति, न चाप्यतिसङ्क्षेपोऽल्पबुद्धीनां सामर्थ्यायोपकल्पते, तस्मादनतिसङ्क्षेपेणानतिविस्तरेण चोपदिष्टाः| एतावन्तो ह्यलमल्पबुद्धीनां व्यवहाराय, बुद्धिमतां च स्वालक्षण्यानुमानयुक्तिकुशलानामनुक्तार्थज्ञानायेति ||२०||

sanskrit

[Limitations and guidelines for description in Samhita] There is no limit of expansion, nor too much briefness can be sufficient for comprehending to those having low intelligence, hence (these) have been mentioned in neither too exhaustive nor too concise (style). These as such are enough for practice to the less intelligent and for the knowledge of hidden ideas to the intelligent and proficient in inference and rationale on the basis of self-definition.

english translation

nahi vistarasya pramANamasti, na cApyatisaGkSepo'lpabuddhInAM sAmarthyAyopakalpate, tasmAdanatisaGkSepeNAnativistareNa copadiSTAH| etAvanto hyalamalpabuddhInAM vyavahArAya, buddhimatAM ca svAlakSaNyAnumAnayuktikuzalAnAmanuktArthajJAnAyeti ||20||

hk transliteration