गुणदोषभिदादृष्टिमन्तरेण वचस्तव । नि:श्रेयसं कथं नृणां निषेधविधिलक्षणम् ॥ ३ ॥
guṇa-doṣa-bhidā-dṛṣṭim antareṇa vacas tava niḥśreyasaṁ kathaṁ nṝṇāṁ niṣedha-vidhi-lakṣaṇam
- guṇa
- piety
- doṣa
- sin
- bhidā
- the difference between
- dṛṣṭim
- seeing
- antareṇa
- without
- vacaḥ
- words
- tava
- Your
- niḥśreyasam
- perfection of life, liberation
- katham
- how is it possible
- nṝṇām
- for human beings
- niṣedha
- prohibitions
- vidhi
- positive injunctions
- lakṣaṇam
- characterized by
Without seeing the difference between piety and sin, how can one understand Your own instructions in the form of Vedic literatures, which order one to act piously and forbid one to act sinfully? Furthermore, without such authorized Vedic literatures, which ultimately award liberation, how can human beings achieve the perfection of life?