Ghazal
Akha Bhagat 32
This ghazal by Akho emphasizes the futility of knowledge without self-realization. It suggests that mere learning does not eliminate mistakes; true wisdom comes from transcending the ego of 'knowing' and realizing one's original self. Only then does the need for external learning diminish.
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પોતે ટળ્યા વિના શા કામના
એતો અકૃ તે વધારી કામના;
What good are desires, if the self is not gone?They only multiply cravings, to no good end.
What good are desires, if the self is not gone? They only multiply cravings, to no good end.
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કહે અખો કાં ફોક્ટ ફુ લ
ભણ્યા ગણ્યા પણ ન ટળી ભૂલ.
Akho says, why this futile show?Though much was learned, the error won't go.
Akho asks why there is such a futile display of learning when, despite all the study and knowledge gained, the fundamental error or mistake has not been overcome.
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ભણ્યા ગણ્યા તો તે પરમાણ
જો જાણપણું ટાળીને જાણ;
What you have learned and studied, is true to that extent,If you truly know by shedding all knowing's pretense.
Whatever you have learned and studied is only true to that extent, if you truly know by shedding the pretense of knowing.
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મૂળ સ્વરૂપે જે કોઇ થયો
તેને ભણ્યાનો સ્વભાવ ગયો;
Whoever reached their primal state, their core,
No longer felt the urge to learn anymore.
Whoever attains their original or primal state, their core being, loses the intrinsic inclination or need to learn.
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અખા એમ સમજ્યા તે મહં ત
તેને સત્ચિત્આનંદ વદે વેદાંત.
Akha, those who understand this are indeed great saints; Vedanta proclaims Satchitananda to them.
Akha states that those who truly grasp this are great saints; Vedanta identifies them as Satchitananda.
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વેદાંતે વાત વિચારી અસી
ને શ્રોતા વક્તા સમજ્યા જસી;
In Vedanta, the matter we thus pondered,
And speaker and listener understood it so.
In Vedanta, we pondered this matter; and the speaker and listener understood it in the same way.
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