Sanskrit · Devanagari
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः सम्प्लुतोदके। तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882and be self-controlled. To the instructed Brāhmaṇa there is in all the Vedas as much utility as in a reservoir of water into which waters flow from all sides.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.46।। यथा लोके कूपतडागाद्यनेकस्मिन् उदपाने परिच्छिन्नोदके यावान् यावत्परिमाणः स्नानपानादिः अर्थः फलं प्रयोजनं स सर्वः अर्थः सर्वतःसंप्लुतोदके ऽपि यः अर्थः तावानेव संपद्यते तत्र अन्तर्भवतीत्यर्थः। एवं तावान् तावत्परिमाण एव संपद्यते सर्वेषु वेदेषु वेदोक्तेषु कर्मसु यः अर्थः यत्कर्मफलं सः अर्थः ब्राह्मणस्य संन्यासिनः परमार्थतत्त्वं विजानतो यः अर्थः यत् विज्ञानफलं सर्वतःसंप्लुतोदकस्थानीयं तस्मिन् तावानेव संपद्यते तत्रैवान्तर्भवतीत्यर्थः। यथा कृताय विजितायाधरेयाः संयन्त्येवमेनं सर्वं तदभिसमेति यत् किञ्चित् प्रजाः साधु कुर्वन्ति यस्तद्वेद यत्स वेद इति श्रुतेः। सर्वं कर्माखिलम् इति च वक्ष्यति। तस्मात् प्राक् ज्ञाननिष्ठाधिकारप्राप्तेः कर्मण्यधिकृतेन कूपतडागाद्यर्थस्थानीयमपि कर्म कर्तव्यम्।।तव च
ab76d9cfd2e0…Rāmānuja
2.46 Whatever use, a thirsty person has for a reservoir, which is flooded with water on all sides and which has been constructed for all kinds of purposes like irrigation, only to that extent of it, i.e., enough to drink will be of use to the thirsty person and not all the water. Likewise, whatever in all the Vedas from the means for release to a knowing Brahmana, i.e., one who is established in the study of the Vedas and who aspires for release only to that extent is it to be accepted by him and not anything else. Sri Krsna now says that this much alone is to be accepted by an aspirant, established in Sattva:
1b21d7a0b90d…Swami Sivananda
2.46 यावान् as much? अर्थः use? उदपाने in a reservoir? सर्वतः everywhere? संप्लुतोदके being flooded? तावान्,so much (use)? सर्वेषु in all? वेदेषु in the Vedas? ब्राह्मणस्य of the Brahmana? विजानतः of the knowing.Commentary Only for a sage who has realised the Self? the Vedas are of no use? because he is in possession of the infinite knowledge of the Self. This does not? however? mean that the Vedas are useless. They are useful for the neophytes or the aspirants who have just started on the spiritual path.All the transient pleasures derivable from the proper performance of all actions enjoined in the Vedas are comprehended in the infinite bliss of Selfknowledge.
552c9061c0ab…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.