Amritbindu Upanishad: Verse 19
गवामनेकवर्णानां क्षीरस्याप्येकवर्णता । क्षीरवत्पश्यते ज्ञानं लिङ्गिनस्तु गवां यथा ॥१९॥
गवाम् । अनेक-वर्णानाम् । क्षीरस्य । अपि । एक-वर्णता । क्षीर-वत् । पश्यते । ज्ञानम् । लिङ्गिनः । तु । गवाम् । यथा ॥
gavām anekavarṇānāṃ kṣīrasyāpy ekavarṇatā | kṣīravat paśyate jñānaṃ liṅginas tu gavāṃ yathā ||19||
गइया कितने भी रंग की हों, दूध तो एक ही रंग का होता है। ज्ञान भी ऐसा है, एक ही है जैसे दूध। और हम सब जैसे गइया अलग-अलग रंग की हैं।
Of cows of many colors, milk indeed has a single color. Knowledge is seen as (one) like milk; the embodied (beings) are like the cows.
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