Shloka 46
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
दुष्प्रज्ञा: केचिदाभान्ति केचिदाभान्ति पण्डिता: । महाप्राज्ञास्तथैवान्ये ज्ञानविज्ञानभाविन:,कुछ लोग दुर्बुद्धि जान पड़ते हैं और कुछ विद्वान् तथा कितने ही ज्ञान-विज्ञानशाली महाप्राज्ञ प्रतीत होते हैं
duṣprajñāḥ kecid ābhānti kecid ābhānti paṇḍitāḥ | mahāprājñās tathaivānye jñāna-vijñāna-bhāvinaḥ ||
Maheśvara dit : «Les uns paraissent d’intelligence médiocre ; d’autres paraissent savants ; et d’autres encore semblent être de grands sages—doués à la fois de connaissance et de discernement réalisé. Ainsi, dans le monde, les hommes se manifestent selon des degrés divers d’esprit et de clairvoyance.»
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
People differ in apparent intellectual and spiritual capacity: some seem foolish, some merely learned, and some truly profound—marked not only by jñāna (knowledge) but also by vijñāna (realized, discriminative insight). The verse points to a hierarchy from superficial learning to lived wisdom.
Śrī Maheśvara is speaking in an instructive mode, classifying types of persons by how they are perceived—foolish, learned, and deeply wise—setting up a moral-educational reflection on the nature of understanding and true insight.