Mahabharata 12.276.34

नापृष्टः कस्यचिद्ब्रूयान्न चान्यायेन पृच्छतःज्ञानवानपि मेधावी जडवल्लोकमाचरेत्

nāpṛṣṭaḥ kasyacidbrūyānna cānyāyena pṛcchataḥjñānavānapi medhāvī jaḍavallokamācaret

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.