जनो जनस्यादिशतेऽसतीं गतिं यया प्रपद्येत दुरत्ययं तम: । त्वं त्वव्ययं ज्ञानममोघमञ्जसा प्रपद्यते येन जनो निजं पदम् ॥ ५१ ॥
jano janasyadisate ’satim gatim yaya prapadyeta duratyayam tamah tvam tv avyayam jnanam amogham anjasa prapadyate yena jano nijam padam
- janah
- a person who is not a bona fide guru (an ordinary person)
- janasya
- of an ordinary person who does not know the goal of life
- adisate
- instructs
- asatim
- impermanent, material
- gatim
- the goal of life
- yaya
- by such knowledge
- prapadyeta
- he surrenders
- duratyayam
- insurmountable
- tamah
- to ignorance
- tvam
- Your Lordship
- tu
- but
- avyayam
- indestructible
- jnanam
- knowledge
- amogham
- without material contamination
- anjasa
- very soon
- prapadyate
- achieves
- yena
- by such knowledge
- janah
- a person
- nijam
- his own
- padam
- original position
A materialistic so-called guru instructs his materialistic disciples about economic development and sense gratification, and because of such instructions the foolish disciples continue in the materialistic existence of ignorance. But Your Lordship gives knowledge that is eternal, and the intelligent person receiving such knowledge is quickly situated in his original constitutional position.