Shloka 16
अन्तर्वन-विद्यारण्योपमा
The Allegory of the Inner Forest of Knowledge
येडथिगच्छन्ति तं सन्तस्तेषां नास्ति भयं पुनः । ऊर्ध्व॑ चाधश्व तिर्यक् च तस्य नान्तोडथिगम्यते,जो श्रेष्ठ पुछणष उस वनका आश्रय लेते हैं, उन्हें फिर कभी भय नहीं होता। वह वन ऊपर-नीचे तथा इधर-उधर सब ओर व्याप्त है। उसका कहीं भी अन्त नहीं है
ye 'dhigacchanti taṃ santaḥ teṣāṃ nāsti bhayaṃ punaḥ | ūrdhvaṃ cādhaś ca tiryak ca tasya nānto 'dhigamyate ||
The Brahmin said: Those good and wise people who reach and take refuge in That (supreme reality) are never again seized by fear. It pervades above and below and in every direction; its end cannot be reached or comprehended anywhere. The verse emphasizes that true security is not found in worldly supports but in realizing the all-pervading, limitless ground of being, which dissolves fear at its root.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Fear ends for the virtuous when they attain the supreme, all-pervading reality; because it is limitless and everywhere, it cannot be bounded or exhausted by thought, and taking refuge in it removes the basis of fear.
A Brahmin speaker instructs the listener by describing the state of those who have realized the highest principle: they become fearless, and that principle is portrayed as omnipresent—above, below, and in every direction—without any reachable end.