सर्वानर्थनिजावासं सर्वसाधुतिरस्कृतम् । सर्वदौःस्थित्यसीमान्तमविचारं परित्यजेत् ॥ ४७ ॥
sarvānarthanijāvāsaṁ sarvasādhutiraskṛtam | sarvadauḥsthityasīmāntamavicāraṁ parityajēt || 47 ||
Translation
Non-inquiry is the very home of every harm, scorned by all the good, the furthest limit of every misery: let one give it up.
Word by word
- sarva
- of every
- anartha
- harm
- nija
- very
- āvāsaṁ
- the home
- sādhu
- the good
- tiraskṛtam
- scorned by
- dauḥsthitya
- misery
- sīmāntam
- the furthest limit
- avicāraṁ
- non-inquiry
- parityajēt
- let one give up
Meaning
After the praise, a plain instruction. All the images of the sarga come down to this: non-inquiry is not a neutral state of not yet having thought. It is where every harm lives, and it is to be left as one leaves a dangerous house.