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Section 1 Mantra 12
Original Mantra
अ॒न्धं तमः॒ प्र वि॑शन्ति॒ येऽसं॑भूतिमु॒पास॑ते । ततो॒ भूय॑ इव॒ ते तमो॒ य उ॒ संभू॑त्या र॒ताः ॥ १२ ॥

andhaṃ tamaḥ praviśanti ye 'sambhūtim upāsate | tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u sambhūtyāṃ ratāḥ || 12 ||

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Translations & Commentary

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Max Müller

English Translation

All who worship what is not the true cause, enter into blind darkness: those who delight in the true cause, enter, as it were, into greater darkness.

Simple English

English Translation

Those who worship what is not the true cause enter into blind darkness. Those who delight only in the true cause enter into an even greater darkness.