Shloka 12
Brahmopadeśa: Ahiṃsā, Jñāna, and the Kṣetrajña–Sattva Analysis
Chapter 49
ज्ञानं संन्यासमित्येके स्वभावं भूतचिन्तका: । सर्वमेके प्रशंसन्ति न सर्वमिति चापरे,कई लोग कहते हैं कि ज्ञान ही संन्यास है। भौतिक विचारवाले मनुष्य स्वभावकी प्रशंसा करते हैं। कितने ही सभीकी प्रशंसा करते हैं और दूसरे सबकी प्रशंसा नहीं करते
jñānaṃ saṃnyāsam ity eke svabhāvaṃ bhūta-cintakāḥ | sarvam eke praśaṃsanti na sarvam iti cāpare ||
Vāyu dit : «Certains déclarent que la véritable renonciation n’est rien d’autre que la connaissance. Ceux qui ne pensent qu’aux éléments matériels exaltent la “nature” (svabhāva) comme cause ultime. Les uns louent toutes les voies sans distinction, tandis que d’autres soutiennent que tout ne mérite pas d’être loué.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse maps a spectrum of philosophical positions: some equate renunciation with liberating knowledge; some explain life through svabhāva (natural/material causality); some approve all approaches, while others discriminate and deny that every view is equally praiseworthy. Ethically, it highlights the need to examine doctrines rather than accept them uncritically.
Vāyudeva is speaking and summarizing differing schools of thought about the highest path and the cause of action—knowledge-based renunciation, nature/material causation, and competing attitudes of universal approval versus selective critique.