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

ਵਿਦਿਆ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਇਕ ਹੀ ਗੱਲ ਕਹੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਅਵਿਦਿਆ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਹੋਰ ਹੀ—ਇਉਂ ਉਹ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਅਸੀਂ ਧੀਰ ਗਿਆਨੀਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਹੈ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਤੱਤ ਸਪਸ਼ਟ ਕਰਕੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ।

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)