विज्ञानं वाव ध्यानाद्भूयो विज्ञानेन वाऋग्वेदं विजानाति यजुर्वेदँ सामवेद-माथर्वणं चतुर्थमितिहासपुराणं पञ्चमं वे-दानां वेदं पित्र्यँ राशिं दैवं निधिं वा-कोवाक्यमेकायनं देवविद्यां ब्रह्मविद्यांभूतविद्यां क्षत्रविद्यां नक्षत्रविद्याँ सर्प-देवजनविद्यां दिवं च पृथिवीं च वायुंचाकाशं चापश्च तेजश्च देवाँश्च मनु-ष्याँश्च पशूँश्च वयाँसि च तृणवन-स्पतीञ्छ्वापदान्याकीटपतङ्गपिपीलकं धर्मंचाधर्मं च सत्यं चानृतं च साधु चासा-धु च हृदयज्ञं चाहृदयज्ञं चान्नं च रसंचेमं च लोकममुं च विज्ञानेनैव विजाना-ति विज्ञानमुपास्स्वेति ॥ १ ॥
In plain words
Understanding is greater than meditation. Through understanding one comes to know the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda, the fourth Atharvaveda, history and ancient lore as the fifth, grammar, ancestral rites, mathematics, portents, treasure, logic, ethics, etymology, ritual science, biology, statecraft, astronomy, the lore of serpents and spirits, heaven and earth, wind and space, water and fire, gods and humans, animals and birds, grass and trees, wild beasts, down to the tiniest ant, right and wrong, truth and falsehood, good and bad, empathy and coldness, food and flavor, this world and the next. Through understanding alone all this is known. Meditate upon understanding.
Close to the Sanskrit
Understanding indeed is greater than meditation. Through understanding one knows the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda, the fourth Atharvaveda, history and mythology as the fifth, the Veda of Vedas, ancestral science, mathematics, divine science, treasure, dialogue, the single path, divine science, science of Brahman, science of beings, science of warriors, science of stars, science of serpents and divine beings, heaven and earth, wind and space, waters and fire, gods and men, beasts and birds, grass and trees, beasts of prey, down to worms, insects and ants, righteousness and unrighteousness, truth and falsehood, good and bad, heart-knowing and not heart-knowing, food and essence, this world and the other world. By understanding alone one knows this. Worship understanding.