Shiva Purana

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सर्वोपायविधिज्ञो ऽपि तत्त्वहीनस्तु निष्फलः ॥ यस्यानुभवपर्यंता बुद्धिस्तत्त्वे प्रवर्तते ॥ ४२ ॥

sanskrit

Even a man who knows the methods of all means but is devoid of the truth is useless. The intelligence of the living entity is fixed in the Absolute Truth until he experiences it.

english translation

sarvopAyavidhijJo 'pi tattvahInastu niSphalaH ॥ yasyAnubhavaparyaMtA buddhistattve pravartate ॥ 42 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/50/42

सर्वोपायविधिज्ञो ऽपि तत्त्वहीनस्तु निष्फलः ॥ यस्यानुभवपर्यंता बुद्धिस्तत्त्वे प्रवर्तते ॥ ४२ ॥

sanskrit

Even a man who knows the methods of all means but is devoid of the truth is useless. The intelligence of the living entity is fixed in the Absolute Truth until he experiences it.

english translation

sarvopAyavidhijJo 'pi tattvahInastu niSphalaH ॥ yasyAnubhavaparyaMtA buddhistattve pravartate ॥ 42 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript