梵语IAST释义
तस्यtasyait; concerning this
यथाyathāhow; like
अभिनहनम्abhinahanamthe bandage (abhinahana); the blindfold; the binding
प्रमुच्यpramucyahaving loosed it (pra + √muc — 'to untie'); having unbound it; having freed him
प्रब्रूयात्prabrūyāthe would declare (pra + √brū); he would announce; he would say
एताम्etāmthis; this very one
दिशम्diśamthe side; the direction
गन्धाराःgandhārāḥGandhāra; the land of Gandhāra
एताम्etāmthis; this very one
दिशम्diśamthe side; the direction
व्रजvrajago (imperative of √vraj); set out; go on
इतिitithus; how
सःsaḥhe; that one
ग्रामात्grāmātfrom village (grāma, ablative); out of the village; from the settlement
ग्रामम्grāmamto village; to the next settlement
पृच्छन्pṛcchanasking (from √prach); enquiring; making enquiry
पण्डितःpaṇḍitaḥthe intelligent (paṇḍita); the knowing; the clever
मेधावीmedhāvīthe shrewd (medhāvin — 'quick-witted'); the sharp-witted; the quick of understanding
गन्धारान्gandhārānGandhāra; to the Gandhāras
एवevaindeed; surely
उपसंपद्येतupasaṃpadyetahe would reach it (upa-sam + √pad); he would arrive; he would get there
एवम्evamthus; in this way
एवevaindeed; surely
इहihahere; in this world
आचार्यवान्ācāryavānone who has a teacher (ācārya-vat); with an ācārya; possessed of a preceptor
पुरुषःpuruṣaḥman; Puruṣa
वेदvedaknows; understands
तस्यtasyait; concerning this
तावत्tāvatso long; so much
एवevaindeed; surely
चिरम्ciramlong; for a long while
यावत्yāvatas long as; as far as
नnanot; no
विमोक्ष्येvimokṣyeI shall be freed (vi + √muc, future); I shall not be freed [until then]; I shall become free
अथathathereupon; then
संपत्स्येsaṃpatsyeI shall arrive (sam + √pad, future — 'I shall be home'); I shall come through; I shall be united
इतिitithus; how
The parable's denouement is the good news of the whole chapter: someone is found who takes off the bandage and points the direction. Then the traveller goes on himself — "asking from village to village", sensibly and shrewdly: mercy does not carry one in its arms; it restores sight and gives a direction; the road remains a road, but from now on it leads home.
And the Upaniṣad mints a phrase that has become the banner of the whole Vedic tradition: ācāryavān puruṣo veda — "the man who has a teacher knows". Not the well-read, not the gifted — the one who has an ācārya: the truth about home is transmitted only by one who knows the road, as a bandage cannot be taken off by the very eyes it binds. The Śvetāśvatara will close its teaching with the same seal: truth "shines forth for him who has the highest devotion to God and, as to God, to his teacher" (Śv. 6.23).
The last line is quiet and immense: "his delay lasts only until he is released; then he is home" (atha sampatsye). For one who walks with open eyes, saṁsāra is no longer a prison but the last stretch of the road; his very life is an arriving. So a devotee lives: still on the way — already one of the household; asking from village to village — and knowing where he is going.