ये द्रुह्यन्ति खलाः पापाः परब्रह्मोपदेशिने । स्वद्रोहं ते प्रकुर्वन्ति नातिरिक्ता यतः सतः ॥ २९ ॥
yē druhyanti khalāḥ pāpāḥ parabrahmōpadēśinē | svadrōhaṁ tē prakurvanti nātiriktā yataḥ sataḥ || 29 ||
Translation
The wicked sinners who wrong the teacher of the Supreme Brahman wrong only themselves, for they are not separate from the good.
Word by word
- yē
- those who
- druhyanti
- wrong
- khalāḥ
- the wicked
- pāpāḥ
- sinners
- parabrahmōpadēśinē
- the teacher of the Supreme Brahman
- svadrōhaṁ
- harm to themselves
- tē
- they
- prakurvanti
- do
- nātiriktā
- not separate
- yataḥ
- because
- sataḥ
- from the good one
Meaning
Hariharānanda explains: since the good man, become Brahman, is not different from them, their hostility falls back on themselves.