Shloka 19
Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi
इदं ज्ञेयमिदं ज्ञेयमिति यस्तृषितश्चरेत् ।
अपि कल्पसहस्रेषु नैव ज्ञेयमवाप्नुयात् ॥
idaṃ jñeyam idaṃ jñeyam iti yas tṛṣitaś caret | api kalpasahasreṣu naiva jñeyam avāpnuyāt ||
यः पिपासावशाद् भ्रान्तः ‘ज्ञेयमेतद् ज्ञेयमेतत्’ इति मन्यते। स सहस्रेषु कल्पेषु नाप्नुयात् परं ज्ञेयम्॥
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FAQs
Curiosity becomes bondage when it is compulsive. Liberation-oriented learning requires direction and discernment, not endless accumulation.
Philosophical/didactic layer; not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit.
The ‘thirst for knowing’ is a subtle form of desire (kāma). Until desire itself is quieted, the ‘jñeya’ (ultimate reality) remains veiled, regardless of time-span.