Charak Samhita

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अथदृष्टान्तः- दृष्टान्तोनामयत्रमूर्खविदुषांबुद्धिसाम्यं, योवर्ण्यंवर्णयति| यथा- अग्निरुष्णः, द्रवमुदकं, स्थिरापृथिवी, आदित्यःप्रकाशकइति; यथाआदित्यःप्रकाशकस्तथासाङ्ख्यज्ञानंप्रकाशकमिति ||३४||

sanskrit

[12. Drishtanta (instance)] Drishtanta is that which arouses alike understanding in the fools and the learned. It presents a picturesque image of the objective to be defined. For instance, hot like fire, fluid like water, stable like earth and illuminating like the sun, as the sun illuminates similarly the knowledge of the Sankhya is also illuminating.

english translation

athadRSTAntaH- dRSTAntonAmayatramUrkhaviduSAMbuddhisAmyaM, yovarNyaMvarNayati| yathA- agniruSNaH, dravamudakaM, sthirApRthivI, AdityaHprakAzakaiti; yathAAdityaHprakAzakastathAsAGkhyajJAnaMprakAzakamiti ||34||

hk transliteration