2.46 A pool and a lake Krishna speaks
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके
तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः
yāvān artha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake
tāvānsarveṣhu vedeṣhu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ
Whatever use a small pool of water has, a great lake has too. So it is with all the scriptures for one who has understood.
Explanation
A pool and a lake.
Whatever use a small pool has, a great lake has too — so it is with the scriptures for one who has understood.
The image is gentler than 2.42's rudeness. The texts are not being dismissed; they are being included, the way a lake includes whatever a puddle could have done.
Word by word
- yāvān
- whatever
- arthaḥ
- purpose
- uda-pāne
- a well of water
- sarvataḥ
- in all respects
- sampluta-udake
- by a large lake
- tāvān
- that many
- sarveṣhu
- in all
- vedeṣhu
- Vedas
- brāhmaṇasya
- one who realizes the Absolute Truth
- vijānataḥ
- who is in complete knowledge
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