मुण्डकोपनिषत् १.२.८
Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1.2.8
avidyāyāmantare vartamānāḥ svayaṃ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃ manyamānāḥjaṅghanyamānāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ
Transliteration IAST
avidyāyāmantare vartamānāḥ svayaṃ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃ manyamānāḥ | jaṅghanyamānāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ
Translations signed
Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round staggering to and fro, like blind men led by the blind.
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- English Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round staggering to and fro, like blind men led by the blind. F. Max Müller
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