Verse 11

Ishavasya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विद्यां चाविद्यां च यस्तद्वेदोभयं सह । अविद्यया मृत्युं तीर्त्वा विद्ययाऽमृतमश्नुते ॥११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

विद्याम् । च । अविद्याम् । च । यः । तत् । वेद । उभयम् । सह । अविद्यया । मृत्युम् । तीर्त्वा । विद्यया । अमृतम् । अश्नुते ॥

IAST Transliteration

vidyāṃ cāvidyāṃ ca yas tad vedobhayam saha | avidyayā mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā vidyayā ’mṛtam aśnute ||11||

Translation

Кто знает это — и знание, и незнание вместе, — тот, перейдя смерть посредством незнания, достигает бессмертия посредством знания.

Academic Translation

He who knows that—both knowledge and ignorance together—crossing over death by ignorance, attains immortality by knowledge.

Verse Context

• Sādhana-samuccaya (integration of karma/upāsanā leading toward mokṣa); amṛtatva (immortality)
• Mahavakya: Preparatory/indirect: frames the practical and contemplative disciplines that culminate in mahāvākya insight (identity of ātman and brahman) as the decisive ‘vidyā’ for immortality.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Yajurveda; commonly transmitted with the Mādhyandina/Kāṇva recensions of the Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)