Sloka 34 Ulladu Narpadu - Part II / Ramana Maharshi / Indian Philosophy

English Translations:

1.     Truth  Revealed  / Grant Duff For men of little understaning wife, children and others, comprise the family. Know that for the learned, in their mind itself, there is the family of countless books as an obstacle to yoga.

2.    The Forty on Existence Sadhu Arunachala (Major A.W.Chadwick)

The bondage of the ignorant consists Of wife and children. In the mind of those With too much learning bondage is not one But many families of countless books, Which they have studied and which now remain An obstacle in Liberation’s way.

3     Revelation / K. Lakshmana Sarma Men with little book-knowledge have only one family each, consisting of wife, sons and others; but clever  and learned men have in their hearts many families, namely books, which are hindrances to spiritual effort. How can there be Deliverance for them?

Synopsis / Grant Duff: For the practice of yoga, academic learning is as much a hindrance to a scholar, as family attachments are to a layman.

Collected from the books published by Ramanashramam. mP: 4-2--14