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class, and represents articulate speech. Hence, dabbling in mere terminology is meant.]
अविज्ञाते परे तत्त्वे शास्त्राधीतिस्तु निष्फला । विज्ञातेऽपि परे तत्त्वे शास्त्राधीतिस्तु निष्फला ॥५६॥
59. The study of the scriptures is useless as long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.
[ Prior to realisation, mere book-learning without discrimination and renunciation is useless as it cannot give us Freedom, and to the man of realisation it is all the more so, as he has already achieved his life's end.]
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अतः प्रयत्लाज्ज्ञातव्यं तत्त्वज्ञस्तत्त्वमात्मनः॥ ६०॥ 60. The scriptures consisting of many words are a dense forest which causes the mind to ramble merely. Hence the men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.
अज्ञानसर्पदष्टस्य ब्रह्मशानौषधं बिना। किमु वेदैश्च शास्त्रश्च किमु मन्त्रैः किमौषधैः ॥ ६१॥ 61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance the only remedy is the
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