लोकाँल्लोकविदः प्राहुराश्रमा इति तद्विदः ।
स्त्रीपुंनपुंसकं लैङ्गाः परापरमथापरे ॥ २७ ॥lokām̐llokavidaḥ prāhurāśramā iti tadvidaḥ |
strīpuṃnapuṃsakaṃ laiṅgāḥ parāparamathāpare || 27 ||27. Those1 who know only to please others call It (Reality) such2 pleasure; those3 who are cognizant of the Āśramas call It the Āśramas; the grammarians call It the male, female or the neuter, and others know It as the Parā4 and Aparā.
Anandagiri Tika (glossary)
1 Those, etc.—i.e., a sect of the atheists.
2 Such, etc.—This is also a delusion as it is impossible to please everybody on account of the different tastes of the people.
3 Those, etc.—i.e., men like Dakṣa, etc.
4 Parā, etc.—i.e., the Brahman who is regarded as high and low. An entity, subject to division of any sort, can never be the Supreme Reality.