।।2.46।।यथा सर्वार्थपरिकल्पिते सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके उदपाने पिपासोः यावान् अर्थः यावद् एव प्रयोजनं पानीयम् तावद् एव तेन उपादीयते न सर्वम् एवम् सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः वैदिकस्य मुमुक्षोः यदेव मोक्षसाधनं तद् एव उपादेयम् न अन्यत्।अतः सत्त्वस्थस्य मुमुक्षोः एतावद् एव उपादेयम् इत्याह
2.46 Whatever use, a thirsty person has for a reservoir, which is flooded with water on all sides and which has been constructed for all kinds of purposes like irrigation, only to that extent of it, i.e., enough to drink will be of use to the thirsty person and not all the water. Likewise, whatever in all the Vedas from the means for release to a knowing Brahmana, i.e., one who is established in the study of the Vedas and who aspires for release only to that extent is it to be accepted by him and not anything else.
Sri Krsna now says that this much alone is to be accepted by an aspirant, established in Sattva:
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