श्रुति: प्रत्यक्षमैतिह्यमनुमानं चतुष्टयम् । प्रमाणेष्वनवस्थानाद् विकल्पात् स विरज्यते ॥ १७ ॥
śrutiḥ pratyakṣam aitihyam anumānaṁ catuṣṭayam pramāṇeṣv anavasthānād vikalpāt sa virajyate
- śrutiḥ
- Vedic knowledge
- pratyakṣam
- direct experience
- aitihyam
- traditional wisdom
- anumānam
- logical induction
- catuṣṭayam
- fourfold
- pramāneṣu
- among all types of evidence
- anavasthānāt
- due to the flickering nature
- vikalpāt
- from material diversity
- saḥ
- a person
- virajyate
- becomes detached
From the four types of evidence — Vedic knowledge, direct experience, traditional wisdom and logical induction — one can understand the temporary, insubstantial situation of the material world, by which one becomes detached from the duality of this world.