आत्मज्ञस्यापि यस्य स्याद्धानोपादानता यदि । न मोक्षार्हः स विज्ञेयो वान्तोऽसौ ब्रह्मणा ध्रुवम् ॥
ātmajñasyāpi yasya syāddhānopādānatā yadi | na mokṣārhaḥ sa vijñeyo vānto'sau brahmaṇā dhruvam ||
If one who [claims to] know the Self still has taking up and giving up [as his goal], know that he is not fit for liberation: he has surely been vomited out by Brahman.
यदि आत्मज्ञानी कहलाने वाले में भी ग्रहण और त्याग [का भाव] बना है, तो जानो कि वह मोक्ष के योग्य नहीं; निश्चय ही ब्रह्म ने उसे उगल दिया है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Talking about non-attachment is not the same as being free. If you are still grasping and pushing away, the verse says honestly that the understanding has not yet sunk in.
अनासक्ति की बातें करना मुक्त होना नहीं है। यदि अभी भी पकड़ना और धकेलना चल रहा है, तो श्लोक ईमानदारी से कहता है कि समझ अभी भीतर नहीं उतरी।
Shankaracharya, in the fourteenth chapter of the Upadeshasahasri (on dream and memory), warns, in strong language, against claimed Self-knowledge that still clings and rejects.