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श्रुतेः शतगुणं विद्यान्मननं मननादपि ।निदिध्यासं लक्षगुणमनन्तं निर्विकल्पकम् ॥ ३६५ ॥

śruteḥ śataguṇaṃ vidyānmananaṃ mananādapi ;nididhyāsaṃ lakṣaguṇamanantaṃ nirvikalpakam . 365 .

Anvaya

श्रुतेःśruteḥ
Compared to scriptural understanding
शत–गुणंśata–guṇaṃ
hundred times
विद्यात्vidyāt
is to be known
मननंmananaṃ
contemplation (logical validation)
मननाद् अपिmananād api
even when compared to contemplation
निदिध्यासंnididhyāsaṃ
internalisation
लक्ष–गुणम्lakṣa–guṇam
hundred–thousand times
अनन्तंanantaṃ
countless times
निर्–विकल्पकम्nir–vikalpakam
the undifferentiated state

Translation

It is to be known that logical validation is a hundred times superior to mere scriptural understanding. Internalisation is to be known a hundred–thousand times superior to logical validation. The undifferentiated state is superior to such internalisation countless times.

Annotation

Here the three–tier discipline of śravaṇa–manana–nididhyāsana and the relative merits of each one of them is mentioned.

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