अन्यथा शास्त्रगर्तेषु लुठतां भवतामिह । भवत्यकृत्रिमाज्ञानां कल्पैरपि न निर्वृतिः ॥ ७ ॥
anyathā śāstragartēṣu luṭhatāṁ bhavatāmiha | bhavatyakṛtrimājñānāṁ kalpairapi na nirvṛtiḥ || 7 ||
Translation
Otherwise, for people like you who roll about here in the pits of the scriptures, your ignorance being inborn, there is no peace even in aeons.
Word by word
- anyathā
- otherwise
- śāstra
- of the scriptures
- gartēṣu
- in the pits
- luṭhatāṁ
- who roll about
- bhavatām
- for people like you
- iha
- here
- bhavati
- there is
- akṛtrima
- inborn
- ajñānāṁ
- whose ignorance is
- kalpair
- (kalpaiḥ) in aeons
- api
- even
- na
- no
- nirvṛtiḥ
- peace
Meaning
"Otherwise" means without the means given here. The "pits of the scriptures" are teachings that deal with what is not the Self: rites for gains in this world and the next, which those blind with beginningless ignorance follow and stumble in, born again and again to enjoy their fruits. The ignorance is "inborn" (akṛtrima, not made): it has no beginning, and only knowledge ends it. A thousand other practices, says the commentary, cannot bring the peace of liberation, even over countless ages of creation.