दृष्टसंसारगतिना दृष्टादृष्टविनाशिना । केनेव व्यवहर्त्तव्यं संसारवनवीथिषु ॥ ११ ॥
dṛṣṭasaṁsāragatinā dṛṣṭādṛṣṭavināśinā | kēnēva vyavaharttavyaṁ saṁsāravanavīthiṣu || 11 ||
Translation
Like whom, one who has seen how the world goes and has destroyed both the seen and the unseen, should one act in the forest paths of the world?
Word by word
- dṛṣṭa
- who has seen; the seen
- saṁsāra
- the world; of the world
- gatinā
- how goes
- adṛṣṭa
- and the unseen
- vināśinā
- has destroyed
- kēna
- whom
- iva
- like
- vyavaharttavyaṁ
- should one act
- vana
- in the forest
- vīthiṣu
- paths
Meaning
Again a request for an example (1.30.19), now more exact. The one to follow has seen how the world goes (dṛṣṭa-saṃsāra-gati), its harm, the commentary says; and has destroyed the seen and the unseen (dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭa), the desire for the pleasures of this world and the next, by discernment and firm knowledge. Such a person still walks the paths of the forest (vana-vīthi) of the world; he has not left it. The reader may notice that the teacher they need is not one who has escaped the forest but one who knows its paths.