यदिहाऽस्ति तदन्यत्र यन्नेहाऽस्ति न तत् क्वचित् । इमं समस्तविज्ञानशास्त्रकोशं विदुर्बुधाः ॥ १२ ॥
yadihā’sti tadanyatra yannēhā’sti na tat kvacit | imaṁ samastavijñānaśāstrakōśaṁ vidurbudhāḥ || 12 ||
Translation
What is here is found elsewhere; what is not here is nowhere. The wise know this as the treasury of all the scriptures of knowledge.
Word by word
- yad
- (yat) what
- iha
- here
- asti
- is
- tad
- (tat) that
- anyatra
- elsewhere
- yan
- (yat) what
- na
- not
- ihā
- here
- tat
- that
- kvacit
- anywhere
- imaṁ
- this
- samasta
- of all
- vijñāna
- of knowledge
- śāstra
- the scriptures
- kōśaṁ
- the treasury
- vidur
- (viduḥ) know
- budhāḥ
- the wise
Meaning
A famous claim, made also for the Mahābhārata. The commentary explains it: the finest reasonings needed for knowing the Self are here, and are not in other works; what is not here is not anywhere. So the learned call it the treasure-house of every scripture of knowledge.