तेषां दैन्यापनोदार्थं सम्यग्दृष्टिक्रमाय च । ततोऽस्मदादिभिः प्रोक्ता महत्यो ज्ञानदृष्टयः ॥ १६ ॥
tēṣāṁ dainyāpanōdārthaṁ samyagdṛṣṭikramāya ca | tatō’smadādibhiḥ prōktā mahatyō jñānadṛṣṭayaḥ || 16 ||
Translation
Then, to remove their misery and to set right the way of seeing, we and others taught great visions of knowledge.
Word by word
- tēṣāṁ
- their
- dainya
- misery
- apanōda
- to remove
- arthaṁ
- for
- samyag
- (samyak) right
- dṛṣṭi
- of seeing
- kramāya
- to set the way
- ca
- and
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- asmadādibhiḥ
- by us and others
- prōktā
- (proktāḥ) were taught
- mahatyō
- (mahatyaḥ) great
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- dṛṣṭayaḥ
- visions
Meaning
Asmad-ādibhiḥ, by us and others: Vasiṣṭha speaks as one of the authors of the tradition of wisdom. The commentary takes jñāna-dṛṣṭayaḥ as great teachings that increase knowledge. Darśana, the Indian word for a philosophy, also means seeing, and dṛṣṭi here carries the same sense. These teachings are ways of seeing, and they were given for a practical reason, to end misery.