विच्छिन्नग्रन्थयस्तज्ज्ञाः साधवः सर्वसंमताः । सर्वोपायेन संसेव्यास्ते ह्युपाया भवाम्बुधौ ॥ १५ ॥
vicchinnagranthayastajjñāḥ sādhavaḥ sarvasaṁmatāḥ | sarvōpāyēna saṁsēvyāstē hyupāyā bhavāmbudhau || 15 ||
Translation
The good, whose knots are cut, who know That, honoured by all, are to be served by every means. They are the means across the ocean of becoming.
Word by word
- vicchinna
- are cut
- granthayas
- (granthayaḥ) whose knots
- tajjñāḥ
- who know That
- sādhavaḥ
- the good
- sarva
- by all; every
- saṁmatāḥ
- honoured
- upāyēna
- by means
- saṁsēvyās
- (saṁsevyāḥ) are to be served
- tē
- they
- hi
- indeed
- upāyā
- (upāyāḥ) the means
- bhava
- of becoming
- ambudhau
- across the ocean
Meaning
The commentary explains the knot precisely: the knot of the conscious and the unconscious, which is the superimposition by which the inner instrument and its properties are taken as one with the Self and joined to it. Those in whom it is cut know Brahman. They are to be served by gifts, honour, service and every other way, because they are the means by which those sunk in the sea of becoming are brought across. They are not only guides to the means; they are themselves the means.