Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 45
Chapter 2
Verse 46 of 72
Verse 47
Verse 2.46
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके। तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्रााहृणस्य विजानतः ॥2.46॥
2.46 yāvān artha udapāne sarvataḥ saṃplutodake tāvān sarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

As much use as there is in a well, When water is flooded everywhere, So much is there in all the Vedas, For a brahmin (brāhmaṇa) who knows.

Stoller MillerLiterary

For the discerning priest, all of sacred lore has no more value than a well when water flows everywhere.

ZaehnerJesuit

(46) As much use as there is in a water-tank flooded with water on every side, so much is there in all the Vedas for the Brāhmaṇa who discerns. Action is Arjuna’s Duty

GambhiranandaAdvaita

2.46 A Brāhmaṇa with realization has that much utility in all the Vedas as a man has in a well when there is a flood all around.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

2.46 What use a thirsty person has for a water reservoir when all sides of it are flooded --- that much alone is the use of all the Vedas for a Brāhmaṇa who knows.

SivanandaVedanta

2.46 To the Brāhmaṇa who has known the Self, all the Vedas are of as much as is a reservoir of water in a place where there is a flood.

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Verse 45
Chapter 2
Verse 46 of 72
Verse 47