न कुतार्किकतामेत्य नाशनीया प्रबुद्धता । अनुभूत्यपलापान्तैरपवित्रैर्विकल्पितैः ॥ ६८ ॥
na kutārkikatāmētya nāśanīyā prabuddhatā | anubhūtyapalāpāntairapavitrairvikalpitaiḥ || 68 ||
Translation
Awakening is not to be destroyed by falling into bad logic, with unholy quibbles that end in denying experience.
Word by word
- na
- not
- kutārkikatām
- into bad logic
- ētya
- falling
- nāśanīyā
- is to be destroyed
- prabuddhatā
- awakening
- anubhūti
- experience
- apalāpa
- denying
- antair
- (antaiḥ) that end in
- apavitrair
- (apavitraiḥ) unholy
- vikalpitaiḥ
- with quibbles
Meaning
The commentary sets out the objection: perception says 'I am fair, I am stout', and scripture says 'a brāhmaṇa should sacrifice'; all this teaches a Self that acts and enjoys, so how can the great saying alone be accepted? The verse answers that such arguments, which deny the experience of the wise, are not to destroy an awakening already gained.