वेदा इति वेदविदो यज्ञा इति च तद्विदः ।
भोक्तेति च भोक्तृविदो भोज्यमिति च तद्विदः ॥ २२ ॥vedā iti vedavido yajñā iti ca tadvidaḥ |
bhokteti ca bhoktṛvido bhojyamiti ca tadvidaḥ || 22 ||22. Those knowing the Vedas call It the Vedas1; those2 acquainted with the sacrifices, call It the sacrifices3 (Yagna); those4 conversant with the enjoyer, designate It as the enjoyer5 and those6 with the object of enjoyment, call It such.
Anandagiri Tika (glossary)
1 Vedas—e.g., the four Vedas, Rig, Yajus, Sāma and Atharva. These Vedas cannot be the Ultimate Reality inasmuch as they are sounds.
2 Those, etc.—i.e., sages such as Bodhāyana and others who are adept in the performance of sacrifices.
3 Sacrifices—The upholders of sacrifices and rituals like the Yagnas think that sacrifices, such as Jyotiṣṭoma, etc., constitute the Highest Reality. But this is also an illusion. For, according to them, the sacrifice signifies the object (offered), the deity and the act of offering. Any one of these, singly, does not constitute sacrifice. Again three of them, combined together, do not constitute any real entity.
4 Those, etc.—viz., the Sāṃkhyas.
5 Enjoyer— According to the Sāṃkhyas the Ultimate Reality as the Puruṣa who is not the agent or doer but a mere enjoyer. This theory is not rational; for enjoyment means some change in the enjoyer which thus Contradicts the idea of his being eternal and changeless. If enjoyment be predicated as the inherent nature of Puruṣa, then the conception of extraneous objects, conducive to its enjoyments, is inconsistent.
6 Those, etc.—That is, the cook, to whom the only reality appears to be delicious dishes.