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Śrī Īśopaniṣad
mass of people to the right path of self realization? One must hear submissively from the  dhīra  in order to get actual education in life.
MANTRA ELEVEN
विद्यां चाविद्यां च यस्तद् वेदोभयं सह । अविद्यया मृत्युं तीत्वा विद्ययामृतमश्नुते ॥ ११ ॥
vidyām cāvidyām ca yas tad vedobhayam saha avidyayā mṛtyum tīrtvā vidyayāmṛtam aśnute.
vidyām—knowledge in fact; ca—and; avidyām—nescience; ca—and; yah—a person; tad—that; veda—knows: ubhayam—both; saha—simultaneously; avidyayā—by culture of nescience; mṛtyum—repeated death; tīrtvā—transcending; vidyayā—by culture of knowledge; amṛtam—deathlessness; aśnute—enjoys.
TRANSLATION
Only one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influence of repeated birth and death, and enjoy the full blessings of immortality.
PURPORT
Since the start of the material world everyone is trying for a permanent life, but the law of Nature is so cruel that no one has avoided the hand of death. No one wants to die. That is a practical fact. Nor does anyone want to become old or diseased. But the law of Nature does not allow anyone immunity from