Chapter 2 Verse 46 of 72

• yāvān artha udapāne
• sarvataḥ samplutodake
• tāvān sarveṣu vedeṣu
• brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ

Translation

All purposes served by a small well can at once be served by a great reservoir of water. Similarly, all the purposes of the Vedas can be served to one who knows the purpose behind them.

Synonyms

• yāvān

  all that

• arthaḥ

  is meant

• pāne

  in a well of water

• sarvataḥ

  in all respects

• udake

  in a great reservoir of water

• tāvān

  similarly

• sarveṣu

  in all

• vedeṣu

  Vedic literatures

• brāhmaṇasya

  of the man who knows the Supreme Brahman

• vijānataḥ

  who is in complete knowledge.

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