अनाद्यविद्यायुक्तस्य पुरुषस्यात्मवेदनम् । स्वतो न सम्भवादन्यस्तत्त्वज्ञो ज्ञानदो भवेत् ॥ १० ॥
anādy-avidyā-yuktasya puruṣasyātma-vedanam svato na sambhavād anyas tattva-jño jñāna-do bhavet
- anādi
- without beginning
- avidyā
- with ignorance
- yuktasya
- who is joined
- puruṣasya
- of a person
- ātma-vedanam
- the process of self-realization
- svataḥ
- by his own ability
- na sambhavāt
- because it cannot occur
- anyaḥ
- another person
- tattva-jñaḥ
- the knower of transcendental reality
- jñāna-daḥ
- the bestower of real knowledge
- bhavet
- must be
Because a person who has been covered by ignorance since time immemorial is not capable of effecting his own self-realization, there must be some other personality who is in factual knowledge of the Absolute Truth and can impart this knowledge to him.