34 Sti Isopanisad

mass of people to the right path of self realization? One must
hear submissively from the dhira in order to get actual education
in life.

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MANTRA ELEVEN

fat alist a aeaq acta al
aera oat teat «= Rrervrraaga l 22 I

vidyam cavidyam ca yas
tad vedobhayam saha
avidyayaé mrtyum tirtva
vidyaydmrtam asnute.

vidyam—knowledge in fact; ca—and; avidyém—nescience; ca—and; yah—a
person; tad—that; veda—knows: ubhayam—both; saha—simultaneously;
avidyaya—by culture of nescience; mrtyum—repeated death; tirtva—
transcending; vidyaya—by culture of knowledge; amrtam—deathlessness;
asnute—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 im-
mortality.

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
