प्राज्ञं विज्ञातविज्ञेयं सम्यग्दर्शनमाधयः । न दहन्ति वनं वर्षासिक्तमग्निशिखा इव ॥ ४१ ॥
prājñaṁ vijñātavijñēyaṁ samyagdarśanamādhayaḥ | na dahanti vanaṁ varṣāsiktamagniśikhā iva || 41 ||
Translation
But the pains of the mind do not burn the wise one, who has known what is to be known and has right vision, as flames do not burn a forest drenched by the rains.
Word by word
- prājñaṁ
- the wise one
- vijñāta
- who has known
- vijñēyaṁ
- what is to be known
- samyag
- (samyak) right
- darśanam
- vision
- ādhayaḥ
- the pains of the mind
- na
- not
- dahanti
- burn
- vanaṁ
- a forest
- varṣā
- by the rains
- siktam
- drenched
- agni
- of fire
- śikhā
- (śikhāḥ) flames
- iva
- as
Meaning
The same flames, and another forest. The wise are not said to be somewhere the fire cannot reach. It comes to them and finds nothing to catch. Vijñāta-vijñeya, one who has known the knowable, recalls Vasiṣṭha's description of himself at 2.10.37. Samyag-darśana, right vision, is a standing term in Vedānta for the knowledge of Brahman, and another commentary here names direct realisation of Brahman.