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

வித்யையால் ஒரு விதமான பயன் என்று சிலர் கூறுவர்; அவித்யையால் அதற்கு மாறான பயன் என்று மற்றவர்கள் கூறுவர். இதனை நமக்கு அதன் தத்துவத்தைத் தெளிவாக விளக்கிய ஞானிகளிடமிருந்து நாம் கேட்டோம்।

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)