Verse 2.19

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

अविद्योद्भूततृष्णेन पुंसा यत्कल्पितं फलम् ।
अनन्तफलसिद्ध्यर्थं तदनूक्तिः प्रवृत्तये ॥ १९ ॥

avidyodbhūtatṛṣṇena puṃsā yatkalpitaṃ phalam |
anantaphalasiddhyarthaṃ tadanūktiḥ pravṛttaye || 19 ||

English translation of verse 2.19:

The fruit is conceived by the person, who longs for it due to the desire caused by ignorance, (as something limited and as what is yet to be attained). Its restatement (by the śruti text) is to make him pursue (knowledge) for attaining the unlimited fruit.

Notes:

This verse explains why the śruti text brahmavid āpnoti param even at the outset refers to the fruit which accrues to the knower of Brahman.

There are nine anuvākas in the Brahmavallī. A detailed explanation of the first anuvāka starts from this verse onwards till verse (256).