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
Là où cette vérité est connue—par laquelle est compris tout l’ensemble des actes rituels appelés Ṛg, Yajus et Sāman—, là, ce complexe rituel me paraît dépourvu de mérite ultime et ne semble pas pleinement suffisant.
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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).