Listen not to such an one; the wisdom he
discourses is like chaff, void of devotion.
He extols the doctrine that seeks absolute union,
he sets aside devotion; this is grief and weariness
both to speaker and listener. Saying “I am
Brahma”, he nourishes his own person; we should
not speak to such a disputant as he. If one turns
from the Vedas, and talks heresy, the knave’s face
is blackened when he meets the saints. If one
denounces the love of God and the saints, he is
viler, says Tuka, than an eater of dogs.
discourses is like chaff, void of devotion.
He extols the doctrine that seeks absolute union,
he sets aside devotion; this is grief and weariness
both to speaker and listener. Saying “I am
Brahma”, he nourishes his own person; we should
not speak to such a disputant as he. If one turns
from the Vedas, and talks heresy, the knave’s face
is blackened when he meets the saints. If one
denounces the love of God and the saints, he is
viler, says Tuka, than an eater of dogs.