| 34. Know this:
by long prostration, by enquiry, by service, those men of wisdom who have
realized the truth will teach the wisdom. Know thou by what process it is
obtained. Go to the teachers (Acharyas) and humbly prostrate thyself before
them. Ask them what is the cause of bondage (bandha) and what the means
of deliverance ; what is wisdom (vidya) and what nescience (avidya). Do
service to the Guru. Won over by these and other marks of respect, the teachers
who, knowing the truth as well as realising it themselves, will impart to
thee their wisdom,that wisdom which has been described above Some only,
but not all, know as well as realize the truthBy this the Lord means to
say that that knowledge alone which is imparted by those who have realised
the truthand no other knowledgecan prove effective.Then alone the following
statement will hold good: |
