Aphorisms on Brahman 17.63

17.63

kiñca - sa brahmavidyāṃ sarvavidyāpratiṣṭhāmatharvāya jyeṣṭhaputrāya prāha iti
prādhānyena brahmavidyāmupakramya parāparavibhāgena parāṃ
vidyāmakṣarādhigabhanīṃ pradarśya tasyāḥ brahmavidyātvaṃ nidiśati | aparā hi
ṛgvedādi lakṣaṇā karmavidyā brahmavidyopakramamupadiśati | brahmavidyā
praśaṃsāyai - plavā hyete adṛḍhā yajñarūpā aṣṭādaśoktamavaraṃ yeṣu karma
etacchreyo ye'bhinandanti mūḍhā jarā mṛtyuṃ te punarevāpi yanti ityevamādinā nindāṃ
kṛtvā tato viraktasya paravidyādhikāritvam | parīkṣya lokān karmacitān brāhmaṇo
nirvedamāyānnāstyakṛtaḥ kṛtena | tadvijñānārthaṃ sa
gurumevābhigacchetsamitpāṇiśśrotriyaṃ brahmaniṣṭham ityādinopadiśati |
tasmādadṛśyatvādiguṇako bhūtayonirmaheśvara iti siddham |