suffix ye # omitted ; also the absence of a (is to be explained in the same way).
1. ii 5.
avidyyam antare tarta.nal
swayam dhird panditainanyontal
dendrayamana pariati d¢
andheave iya Mand athaudh]. ॥ 5 ॥
Being amidst ignorance, considering themselves as intelligent and learned, fools wander afnicted (with pains, such as old age, ilness etc.even as the blind ied by the blind.
COMMENTARY :
of the two paths referred to (in the previous mantra) Acialu ya ca vidycti .e.” he (Death) denounces the path of desirein actions :
aroidyaya : Non-knowledge of the form of desireful । actious
14tgre : in the 10idst of
Pattamaniah : existing as in the dense darkness
stayat (e€a) ; by themselves
dirk banditainanyonway : colusidering themselves as iute iigent and proficient (lea11]) in the scriptures
dgndranjyani) : nfering from pains caused by old age diseases and others
xida६ : fools
priyanti : wander. 1'be rest is clear. But some give the meaning taking the reading * larrayana14ax " (instead of * dandrayawaah "") as those whose inds are nelted by the fire of just for objects."
I. ii. 6.
na saparazvah pratiohiti balam
pronidyalam wittadobea m¢ham
ayath !oko Hasti para iti mana
butah bular $d€n apod१ate we
