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Shloka

तटस्थिता बोधयन्ति गुरवः श्रुतयो यथा ।प्रज्ञयैव तरेद्विद्वानीश्वरानुगृहीतया ॥ ४७७ ॥

taṭasthitā bodhayanti guravaḥ śrutayo yathā ;prajñayaiva taredvidvānīśvarānugṛhītayā . 477 .

Anvaya

बन्धःbandhaḥ
Bondage
मोक्षःmokṣaḥ
liberation
तृप्तिः चtṛptiḥ ca
and contentment (bliss)
चिन्ता–आरोग्य–क्षुद्–आदयः चcintā–ārogya–kṣud–ādayaḥ ca
and anxiety, health, hunger etc
वेद्याःvedyāḥ
are known
स्वेन–एवsvena–eva
by one’s own self
यत्yat
because
परेषाम् ज्ञानम्pareṣām jñānam
what is known (felt) by others
आनुमानिकम्ānumānikam
is known only by inference

Translation

The teachers guide the student just like persons standing on the shore guide the sailor. A discerning person has to cross over (the river) only by the grace of God.

Annotation

The guide standing on the shore guide the sailor as to how the sail has to be maneuvered. Similarly, the teacher would impart indirect (parokṣa) knowledge. The student, by contemplation, has to attain the Brahman consciousness (cinmātra–vṛtti) and cross over the ocean of transmigration (Jagadguru).

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