यस्मै नेदं त्वरुचये रोचते दुष्कृतोदयात् । विचारयतु यत्किञ्चित्सच्छास्त्रं ज्ञानवाङ्मयम् ॥ १४ ॥
yasmai nēdaṁ tvarucayē rōcatē duṣkṛtōdayāt | vicārayatu yatkiñcitsacchāstraṁ jñānavāṅmayam || 14 ||
Translation
One who, because of the rising of past wrongs, has no taste for this and does not like it, let him study any other true scripture that speaks of knowledge.
Word by word
- yasmai
- one who
- na
- not
- idaṁ
- this
- tu
- but
- arucayē
- has no taste
- rōcatē
- does like
- duṣkṛta
- of past wrongs
- udayāt
- because of the rising
- vicārayatu
- let him study
- yatkiñcit
- any other
- sacchāstraṁ
- true scripture
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- vāṅmayam
- that speaks
Meaning
A generous verse. Taste for a teaching depends on one's past, and some, the commentary says, through misfortune, will not like this one: let them study any other true scripture that teaches knowledge; we have no quarrel with that. The work does not ask to be the only door.