। ॥ २९१ ॥
In plain words
Failing to realize that the ultimate truth dwells within their own Self, the deluded search for it externally in scriptures—just like a foolish cowherd who frantically searches down in wells for the very goat he has tucked under his own arm.
Close to the Sanskrit
Not knowing the truth residing within the self, a deluded person seeks it in scriptures, just like a foolish cowherd [searches for] in wells a goat tucked under [his own] armpit.