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ये अपक्षकाः ज्ञानपक्षरहिताः मध्वाशिनः परिवर्तन्ते, ते हिरण्यपर्णमश्वत्थं हितं च रमणीयं चेति हिरण्यं हितं रमणीयं च पर्णं यस्याश्वत्थस्य ।तथा च भगवान्वासुदेवः—‘छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि’ इति ।ते हिरण्यपर्णमश्वत्थम् अभिपत्य आरुह्य वेदसंयोगिब्राह्मणादिदेहं प्राप्येत्यर्थः ।तत्रैव ब्राह्मणादिदेहे पक्षिणो ज्ञानिनो भूत्वा ।तथा च ब्राह्मणम्—‘ये वै विद्वांसस्ते पक्षिणो ये अविद्वांसस्ते अपक्षाः’ इति ।प्रपतन्ति तथा सुखं मुक्ता भवन्तीत्यर्थः ।यं ज्ञात्वा प्रपतन्ति,
In plain words
Those who are wingless—destitute of the wings of knowledge—and feed only on sensory sweetness, revolve endlessly in worldly existence. They approach and climb the cosmic pipal tree of samsara, whose leaves are said by Lord Vasudeva to be the Vedic hymns, and whose foliage is alluring and golden. Obtaining human bodies associated with the Vedas, they become like birds if they attain wisdom; for a Vedic passage declares: 'Indeed, those who know are birds, while the ignorant are wingless.' Realizing the Supreme Truth, they soar beyond sorrow and attain supreme liberation.
Close to the Sanskrit
Those who are wingless, devoid of the wing of knowledge, honey-eaters, revolve, that golden-leaved pipal tree, beneficial and delightful, i.e. gold, beneficial and delightful is the leaf of which ashvattha tree. And thus Lord Vasudeva: 'whose leaves are the vedic meters'. Having approached and climbed that golden-leaved pipal tree, having attained the brahmin and other bodies connected with Vedas, meaning. Right there in the brahmin bodies, having become birds who are knowers. And thus the Brahmana text: 'those indeed who are knowers are birds, those who are not knowers are wingless', thus. They fly forth and happily become liberated, meaning. Whom having known they fly forth,