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यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्।अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.22।।

yat tu kṛitsna-vad ekasmin kārye saktam ahaitukam atattvārtha-vad alpaṁ cha tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 18, Verse 22
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
But that which clings to one single effect as if it were the whole, without reason, without any foundation in Truth, and is trivial - that is declared to be Tamasic.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: but that knowledge which clings to a single effect as if it were the whole, without reason, without foundation in truth, and trivial, is said to be of ignorance, describing a narrow, fixated, poorly grounded kind of understanding as the dullest version.

In life: fixating on a single narrow piece of information or a single interpretation, treating it as the entire picture without real grounding or reasoning behind it, is a recognizable, common pattern worth catching in your own thinking.

Teaching: the next time you notice yourself fixating on a single narrow piece of information as if it were the whole picture, deliberately check whether it's actually well-grounded and reasoned, or just a convenient, trivial fixation you've mistaken for full understanding.

yatwhich
tubut
kṛitsna-vatas if it encompasses the whole
ekasminin single
kāryeaction
saktamengrossed
ahaitukamwithout a reason
atattva-artha-vatnot based on truth
alpamfragmental
chaand
tatthat
tāmasamin the mode of ignorance
udāhṛitamis said to be

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
18.22 यत् which? तु but? कृत्स्नवत् as if it were the whole? एकस्मिन् one single? कार्ये to effect? सक्तम् attached? अहैतुकम् without reason? अतत्त्वार्थवत् without foundation in Truth? अल्पम् trivial? च and? तत् that?,तामसम् Tamasic (dark)? उदाहृतम् is declared.Commentary The knowledge which regards that each and every object or being exists by itself and is perfect by itself? is Tamasic.One single effect Such as the body? thinking it to be the Self? or an idol? taking it for God? and thinking that there is nothing higher than that.The naked Jains consider that the soul which dwells in the body is of the same size as that of the body. Some regard that Isvara is a mere piece of stone or wood. Such knowledge is really not based on reason. It does not see things in their true light. It is narrow (Alpam) as it is not founded on reason. It produces very small results too. It extends over a limited area and is not allcomprehensive. This knowledge is said to be Tamasic? as it is found in Tamasic persons who are devoid of the power of discrimination.