आत्मानमन्यं च स वेद विद्वा- नपिप्पलादो न तु पिप्पलाद: । योऽविद्यया युक् स तु नित्यबद्धो विद्यामयो य: स तु नित्यमुक्त: ॥ ७ ॥
ātmānam anyaṁ ca sa veda vidvān apippalādo na tu pippalādaḥ yo ’vidyayā yuk sa tu nitya-baddho vidyā-mayo yaḥ sa tu nitya-muktaḥ
- ātmānam
- Himself
- anyam
- the other
- ca
- also
- saḥ
- He
- veda
- knows
- vidvān
- being omniscient
- apippala-adaḥ
- not eating the fruits of the tree
- na
- not
- tu
- but
- pippala-adaḥ
- the one who is eating the fruits of the tree
- yaḥ
- who
- avidyayā
- with ignorance
- yuk
- filled
- saḥ
- he
- tu
- indeed
- nitya
- eternally
- baddhaḥ
- conditioned
- vidyā-mayaḥ
- full of perfect knowledge
- yaḥ
- who
- saḥ
- he
- tu
- indeed
- nitya
- eternally
- muktaḥ
- liberated
The bird who does not eat the fruits of the tree is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who by His omniscience perfectly understands His own position and that of the conditioned living entity, represented by the eating bird. That living entity, on the other hand, does not understand himself or the Lord. He is covered by ignorance and is thus called eternally conditioned, whereas the Personality of Godhead, being full of perfect knowledge, is eternally liberated.