Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 46

Sanskrit Verse

यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके।

तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः।।2.46।।

Transliteration

yāvān artha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake

tāvānsarveṣhu vedeṣhu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ

Word meanings

yāvān—whatever; arthaḥ—purpose; uda-pāne—a well of water; sarvataḥ—in all respects; sampluta-udake—by a large lake; tāvān—that many; sarveṣhu—in all; vedeṣhu—Vedas; brāhmaṇasya—one who realizes the Absolute Truth; vijānataḥ—who is in complete knowledge

Swami Sivananda's translation

To the Brahmana who has known the Self, all the Vedas are of as much use as a reservoir of water would be in a place where there is a flood.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 2