Verse 10

Ishavasya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्यदेवाहुर्विद्ययाऽन्यदाहुरविद्यया । इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अन्यत् । एव । आहुः । विद्यया । अन्यत् । आहुः । अविद्यया । इति । शुश्रुम । धीराणाम् । ये । नः । तत् । विचचक्षिरे ॥

IAST Transliteration

anyad evāhur vidyayā ’nyad āhur avidyayā | iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nas tad vicacakṣire ||10||

Translation

ဗိဒ္ဓာ (ဝိညာဉ်ရေးရာ ဉာဏ်) ဖြင့် တစ်မျိုးဟု ဆိုကြ၏၊ အဝိဒ္ဓာ (မသိမှု) ဖြင့် အခြားတစ်မျိုးဟုလည်း ဆိုကြ၏။ ဤသို့ကို ငါတို့သည် ပညာရှိသူတို့ထံမှ ကြားနာခဲ့ပြီး၊ သူတို့က ငါတို့အား ထင်ရှားစွာ ရှင်းပြခဲ့သည်။

Academic Translation

They say it is one thing by knowledge (vidyā); they say it is another by ignorance (avidyā). Thus we have heard from the wise who explained that to us.

Verse Context

• Vidyā–avidyā viveka (discrimination between higher knowledge and ignorance)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports the epistemic discrimination that culminates in mahāvākya-realization (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’) by distinguishing liberating knowledge from non-liberating cognition/ritualism.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Yajurveda; commonly transmitted with the Mādhyandina/Kāṇva recensions of the Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)