सविवेको हि शास्त्रस्य ज्ञानस्य तपसः श्रुतेः । भाजनं भूषणाकारो भास्करस्तेजसामिव ॥ ६२ ॥
savivēkō hi śāstrasya jñānasya tapasaḥ śrutēḥ | bhājanaṁ bhūṣaṇākārō bhāskarastējasāmiva || 62 ||
Translation
A discerning person is the vessel of scripture, of knowledge, of austerity and of sacred learning, and an ornament, as the sun is of all that shines.
Word by word
- savivēkō
- (savivekaḥ) a discerning person
- hi
- indeed
- śāstrasya
- of scripture
- jñānasya
- of knowledge
- tapasaḥ
- of austerity
- śrutēḥ
- of sacred learning
- bhājanaṁ
- the vessel
- bhūṣaṇa
- an ornament
- ākārō
- (ākāraḥ) in form
- bhāskaras
- (bhāskaraḥ) the sun
- tējasām
- of all that shines
- iva
- as
Meaning
Sa-vivekaḥ, one with discernment. The commentary reads śruti as hearing the teaching, with reflection and contemplation on it, and takes the ornament as one worn on the head. Scripture and austerity are valued here, but only when held in the vessel of discernment. They do no good in a person who cannot use them.