Shloka 6

Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda

Devanagari script

यदैवं मयि विद्वान् यस् तस्यापि न च सर्वतः एषा विद्या ह्यहं वेद्यः प्रज्ञैषा च श्रुतिः स्मृतिः

Transliteration

yadaivaṃ mayi vidvān yas tasyāpi na ca sarvataḥ eṣā vidyā hyahaṃ vedyaḥ prajñaiṣā ca śrutiḥ smṛtiḥ

Translation

„Selbst wenn ein Gelehrter Mich auf diese Weise erkennt, erfasst er Mich doch nicht in jeder Hinsicht. Denn dies ist die wahre Erkenntnis: Ich allein bin der zu Erkennende—Pati. Dies ist die erwachte Einsicht; dies selbst ist Śruti und Smṛti.“

Word by Word

• yadā: when

• evaṁ: thus/in this manner

• mayi: in Me

• vidvān: the learned/knower

• yaḥ: who

• tasya api: even for him

• na ca: and not

• sarvataḥ: in all ways/entirely

• eṣā: this

• vidyā: knowledge/saving wisdom

• hi: indeed

• aham: I

• vedyaḥ: to be known/the knowable

• prajñā: higher insight/discriminative wisdom

• eṣā: this

• ca: and

• śrutiḥ: revealed scripture (Veda)

• smṛtiḥ: remembered tradition (Dharma-śāstra/Purāṇa)

Speaker

Shiva (as the Supreme Teacher, Pati)