Shloka 32
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
नरश्रेष्ठ! मनुष्य सुखमें हो या दुःखमें, जो सदाचारसे कभी विचलित नहीं होता, वही शास्त्रका ज्ञाता है ।। इषुप्रपातमात्र हि स्पर्शयोगे रति: स्मृता । रसने दर्शने घ्राणे श्रवणे च विशाम्पते
naraśreṣṭha! manuṣyaḥ sukhe vā duḥkhe vā yo sadācārāt kadācit na vicalati sa eva śāstrajñaḥ || iṣuprapātamātraṁ hi sparśayoge ratiḥ smṛtā | rasane darśane ghrāṇe śravaṇe ca viśāmpate ||
O best of men, whether a person is in happiness or in sorrow, the one who never swerves from right conduct is truly a knower of the śāstras. For in the sphere of touch, pleasure is said to be only as fleeting as the fall of an arrow; and so too, O lord of the people, with the tongue (taste), the eyes (sight), the nose (smell), and the ears (hearing).
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