Shloka 24
अन्तर्वन-विद्यारण्योपमा
The Allegory of the Inner Forest of Knowledge
एतदेवेदृशं पुण्यमरण्यं ब्राह्मणा विदु: । विदित्वा चानुतिष्ठ त्ति क्षेत्रज्ञेनानुदर्शिता,ब्राह्मण ऐसे गुणवाले इस पवित्र वनको जानते हैं और तत्त्वदर्शीके उपदेशसे प्रबुद्ध हुए आत्मज्ञानी पुरुष उस ब्रह्मवनको शास्त्रतटः जानकर शम आदि साधनोंके अनुष्ठानमें लग जाते हैं
etad evedṛśaṃ puṇyam araṇyaṃ brāhmaṇā viduḥ | viditvā cānutiṣṭhanti kṣetrajñenānudarśitāḥ ||
Brahmins recognize this very forest—such as it is—as holy. And, having understood it, those who have been shown the truth by a knower of the Field (the Self) set themselves to disciplined practice, living out the teaching through inner restraint and related spiritual means.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Holiness is not merely a location but a realized understanding: when guided by a true knower of the Self (kṣetrajña), one should translate insight into disciplined practice—inner restraint and sustained spiritual observance.
A Brahmin speaker describes a sacred forest known to the learned and explains that those awakened by instruction from a realized teacher undertake the appropriate spiritual disciplines there, treating the forest as a setting for self-cultivation.