Aphorisms on Brahman 13.49

13.49

pāṇḍityaṃ ca bālyaṃ ca nirvidya niścayena labdhvā yogamabhyasyato vidyāphalaṃ kimaihikamāho svit āmuṣmikamiti saṃśaye syādaihikam | kasmāt | dṛṣṭārthatvādvidyāyāḥ | na hi kaścitparatra me vidyā jāyatāmiti kāmayamāno vidyāmabhyasyeta | ato yasmin janmani vidyāyāṃ yatate tatraiva tatphalena bhavitavyamiti prāpte brūmaḥ | syādaihikaṃ vidyāphalaṃ prastutapratibandhe sati prasūtaṃ pravṛttaṃ phalaṃ karmadeśakālanimittāpekṣayā tatkṛtapratibandhābhāve yadā pratibadhnanti svaphalaprasavāya labdhāvasarāṇi pravarttante tadā vidyā mandagatirvicchinnavegāt kuṇṭhī bhavati na svakārye kartuṃ prabhavati | ato janmāntare tatphalaṃ kutastaddarśanāt | śravaṇāyāpi bahubhiryo na labhyaḥ śṛṇvanto 'pi bahavo yaṃ na vidyuḥ kaściddhīraḥ pratyagātmānamaikṣaditi | smṛtirapi | aprāpya yogasiddhiṃ ca kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati | anekajanmasaṃsiddhastato yāti parāṃ gatimiti || ato 'nekajanmā'bhyastā kāpi anmanyapavargaṃ prāpayiṣyati guṇairhi sattvādibhiḥ karmānusāribhirutkarṣāpakarṣamupacīyamānā nauriva taraṅgādibhiḥ saṃsārasāgaraṃ vidyā kathaṃ cidatitārayatīti |