कः पण्डितः सन्सदसद्विवेकी । श्रुतिप्रमाणः परमार्थदर्शी । जानन्हि कुर्यादसतोऽवलम्बं । स्वपातहेतोः शिशुवन्मुमुक्षुः ॥
kaḥ paṇḍitaḥ sansadasadvivekī | śrutipramāṇaḥ paramārthadarśī | jānanhi kuryādasato'valambaṃ | svapātahetoḥ śiśuvanmumukṣuḥ ||
What learned person who discerns the real from the unreal, takes scripture as his authority, sees the highest truth and seeks liberation, would knowingly cling, like a child, to the unreal that causes his own fall?
सत् और असत् का विवेक करने वाला, श्रुति को प्रमाण मानने वाला, परमार्थ को देखने वाला कौन-सा पण्डित मुमुक्षु जानते-बूझते, बच्चे की तरह, अपने पतन के कारण असत् का सहारा लेगा?
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
We often know what harms us and still reach for it, like a child grabbing a hot thing. Real understanding shows in letting go, not only in knowing.
हम अक्सर जानते हैं कि क्या हमें हानि पहुँचाता है, फिर भी उसकी ओर हाथ बढ़ाते हैं, जैसे बच्चा गर्म चीज़ पकड़ता है। सच्ची समझ केवल जानने में नहीं, छोड़ने में दिखती है।
The guru, in the Vivekachudamani attributed to Shankaracharya, asks rhetorically what wise, discerning seeker would knowingly cling to the unreal, the cause of his own fall, like a child.