[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [The Compendium of Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 8.2.28 # The Compendium of Caraka 8.2.28 Carakasaṃhitā 8.2.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.2.28) tasmāt satyapi nirdeśe kuryādūhya svayaṃ dhiyā/ vinā tarkeṇa yā siddhiryadṛcchāsiddhireva sā// > Therefore, even when there is an explicit instruction, one should act after reasoning with one's own intellect; > for success achieved without reasoning is merely success by chance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.2.27) - [Next: 8.2.28\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.2.28_1) - [Up: 8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.8.2.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.2.28) · Pramāṇa