अ॒न्धं तमः॒ प्र वि॑शन्ति॒ येऽवि॑द्यामु॒पास॑ते । ततो॒ भूय॑ इव॒ ते तमो॒ य उ॑ वि॒द्याया॑ र॒ताः ॥ ९ ॥
andhaṃ tamaḥ praviśanti ye 'vidyām upāsate | tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāṃ ratāḥ || 9 ||
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Translations & Commentary
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Max Müller
English Translation
All who worship what is not real knowledge (good works), enter into blind darkness: those who delight in real knowledge, enter, as it were, into greater darkness.
Simple English
English Translation
Those who follow only good works without knowledge enter into blind darkness. Those who delight only in knowledge, as if that alone were enough, enter into an even greater darkness.