ब्राह्मण उवाच अकोविद: कोविदवादवादान्वदस्यथो नातिविदां वरिष्ठ: । न सूरयो हि व्यवहारमेनंतत्त्वावमर्शेन सहामनन्ति ॥ १ ॥
brahmana uvaca akovidah kovida-vada-vadan vadasy atho nati-vidam varisthah na surayo hi vyavaharam enam tattvavamarsena sahamananti
- brahmanah uvaca
- the brahmana said
- akovidah
- without having experience
- kovida-vada-vadan
- words used by experienced persons
- vadasi
- you are speaking
- atho
- therefore
- na
- not
- ati-vidam
- of those who are very experienced
- varisthah
- the most important
- na
- not
- surayah
- such intelligent persons
- hi
- indeed
- vyavaharam
- mundane and social behavior
- enam
- this
- tattva
- of the truth
- avamarsena
- fine judgment by intelligence
- saha
- with
- amananti
- discuss
The brahmana Jada Bharata said: My dear King, although you are not at all experienced, you are trying to speak like a very experienced man. Consequently you cannot be considered an experienced person. An experienced person does not speak the way you are speaking about the relationship between a master and a servant or about material pains and pleasures. These are simply external activities. Any advanced, experienced man, considering the Absolute Truth, does not talk in this way.