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The Darkness of Ignorance (Avidya)

Isha Upanishad · 1 · Verse 9

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Sanskrit Original

अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति येऽविद्यामुपासते । ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ विद्यायां रताः ॥ ९ ॥

andhaṃ tamaḥ praviśanti ye’vidyām upāsate | tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāṃ ratāḥ || 9 ||

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Those who worship ignorance (avidya) enter blinding darkness; but those who delight only in knowledge (vidya) enter into even greater darkness.