शाब्दस्य हि ब्रह्मण एष पन्था यन्नामभिर्ध्यायति धीरपार्थै: । परिभ्रमंस्तत्र न विन्दतेऽर्थान् मायामये वासनया शयान: ॥ २ ॥
sabdasya hi brahmana esa pantha yan namabhir dhyayati dhir aparthaih paribhramams tatra na vindate ’rthan mayamaye vasanaya sayanah
- sabdasya
- of the Vedic sound
- hi
- certainly
- brahmanah
- of the Vedas
- esah
- these
- panthah
- the way
- yat
- what is
- namabhih
- by different names
- dhyayati
- ponders
- dhih
- intelligence
- aparthaih
- by meaningless ideas
- paribhraman
- wandering
- tatra
- there
- na
- never
- vindate
- enjoys
- arthan
- realities
- maya-maye
- in illusory things
- vasanaya
- by different desires
- sayanah
- as if dreaming in sleep.
The way of presentation of the Vedic sounds is so bewildering that it directs the intelligence of the people to meaningless things like the heavenly kingdoms. The conditioned souls hover in dreams of such heavenly illusory pleasures, but actually they do not relish any tangible happiness in such places.