VS 40.12
अन्धं तमः प्र विशन्ति ये ऽविद्याम् उपासते । ततो भूय ऽ इव ते तमो य ऽ उ विद्यायाꣳ रताः ॥
andhaṃ tamaḥ pra viśanti ye 'vidyām upāsate | tato bhūya ' iva te tamo ya ' u vidyāyām̐ ratāḥ ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
They enter into blind darkness who worship Avidya (ignorance and delusion); they fall, as it were, into greater darkness who worship Vidya (knowledge).
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 9; the wording of this text may differ in places.