देहेन्द्रियादावसति भ्रमोदितां । विद्वानहं तां न जहाति यावत् । तावन्न तस्यास्ति विमुक्तिवार्ताप्य् । अस्त्वेष वेदान्तनयान्तदर्शी ॥
dehendriyādāvasati bhramoditāṃ | vidvānahaṃ tāṃ na jahāti yāvat | tāvanna tasyāsti vimuktivārtāpy | astveṣa vedāntanayāntadarśī ||
As long as even a learned man does not give up the sense of 'I' in the body, senses and so on, which are unreal and arise from error, there is no talk of liberation for him, even if he has mastered the method of Vedanta to its end.
जब तक विद्वान भी भ्रम से उत्पन्न, असत् देह-इन्द्रियों आदि में अहंता नहीं छोड़ता, तब तक उसके लिए मुक्ति की बात तक नहीं, चाहे वह वेदांत की पद्धति का पारंगत ही क्यों न हो।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Knowing the theory is not the same as living it. Reading, talks and quotations help only when they actually change how we hold ourselves.
सिद्धांत जानना और उसे जीना एक बात नहीं। पढ़ना, प्रवचन और उद्धरण तभी काम आते हैं जब वे सचमुच बदल दें कि हम अपने को कैसे देखते हैं।
In the Vivekachudamani, attributed to Shankaracharya, the guru warns that scholarship is not enough: as long as the 'I'-sense in the body remains, liberation is not even in sight.