Shloka 27
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
विज्ञाते यत्र सर्वोऽयमृग्यजुः सामसंज्ञितः ।
क्रियाकलापो विगुणो न सम्यक् प्रतिभाति मे ॥
vijñāte yatra sarvo 'yam ṛg-yajuḥ sāma-saṃjñitaḥ /
kriyā-kalāpo viguṇo na samyak pratibhāti me
Allí donde se conoce esa verdad—por la cual se comprende todo el conjunto de acciones rituales llamado Ṛg, Yajus y Sāman—, allí ese complejo ritual me parece carente de mérito último y no se muestra plenamente suficiente.
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FAQs
Ritual has a place within dharma, but after awakening to the highest truth, ritual action is seen as incapable of granting final liberation; knowledge becomes primary.
This is a mokṣa-oriented doctrinal passage (upabṛṃhaṇa) rather than a five-lakṣaṇa topic.
The shift from external ‘kriyā’ to internal ‘jñāna’ indicates the movement from pravṛtti (outward engagement) to nivṛtti (inward freedom).