Shloka 16
अन्तर्वन-विद्यारण्योपमा
The Allegory of the Inner Forest of Knowledge
येडथिगच्छन्ति तं सन्तस्तेषां नास्ति भयं पुनः । ऊर्ध्व॑ चाधश्व तिर्यक् च तस्य नान्तोडथिगम्यते
ye 'dhigacchanti taṃ santaḥ teṣāṃ nāsti bhayaṃ punaḥ | ūrdhvaṃ cādhaś ca tiryak ca tasya nānto 'dhigamyate ||
ব্রাহ্মণ বললেন—যে সৎ ও জ্ঞানীজন সেই পরম তত্ত্বে পৌঁছে তার শরণ নেয়, তাদের আর কখনও ভয় থাকে না। তা ঊর্ধ্বে-অধঃে ও সর্বদিকে ব্যাপ্ত; তার অন্ত কোথাও উপলব্ধি করা যায় না।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Fear ends for the virtuous when they attain the supreme, all-pervading reality; because it is limitless and everywhere, it cannot be bounded or exhausted by thought, and taking refuge in it removes the basis of fear.
A Brahmin speaker instructs the listener by describing the state of those who have realized the highest principle: they become fearless, and that principle is portrayed as omnipresent—above, below, and in every direction—without any reachable end.