Shloka 23
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
गुरु: प्लावयिता तस्य ज्ञानं प्लव इहोच्यते । विज्ञाय कृतकृत्यस्तु तीर्णस्तदुभयं त्यजेत्
guruḥ plāvayitā tasya jñānaṃ plava ihochyate | vijñāya kṛtakṛtyas tu tīrṇas tad-ubhayaṃ tyajet ||
阇那迦说：“导师是渡人者；他所赐之智，在此被称为舟。了知此智者，所作已办，越过世间生成为流。正如渡河之后，人舍弃舟与舟子；同样，得解脱者也放下导师（作为外在依止）与知识（作为方便），安住于自由本身。”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The guru and the teaching are indispensable means for crossing saṃsāra, but once liberation is realized, even these supports are to be relinquished—like leaving behind boat and boatman after reaching the far shore.
King Janaka, speaking in a discourse on liberation, uses a river-crossing metaphor: the guru functions as the ferryman and the imparted knowledge as the boat; after the seeker attains the goal, attachment to both the guide and the method is abandoned.