बुध्यते स्वयमेवेदं किञ्चित्पदपदार्थवित् । स्वयं वस्तु न वेत्तीदं श्रोतव्यं तेन पण्डितात् ॥ ३४ ॥
budhyatē svayamēvēdaṁ kiñcitpadapadārthavit | svayaṁ vastu na vēttīdaṁ śrōtavyaṁ tēna paṇḍitāt || 34 ||
Translation
One who knows a little of words and their meanings understands it by himself. One who does not know the thing by himself should hear it from a learned man.
Word by word
- budhyatē
- understands
- svayam
- by himself
- ēva
- indeed
- idaṁ
- it
- kiñcit
- a little
- pada
- of words
- padārtha
- and their meanings
- vit
- one who knows
- svayaṁ
- by himself
- vastu
- the thing
- na
- not
- vētti
- knows
- śrōtavyaṁ
- should be heard
- tēna
- by him
- paṇḍitāt
- from a learned man
Meaning
Two ways in, as at 2.17.8: one's own study, or hearing from one who knows. The commentary says only that one who cannot understand it alone should hear it from a pandit.