Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 46

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 46

    यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके। तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः।।2.46।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yāvān artha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake tāvānsarveṣhu vedeṣhu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ

    Translation

    What use does a thirsty person have for a water reservoir when all sides of it are flooded—that is the only use of all the Vedas for a Brahmana who knows.
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