Verse 1.50

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

अर्थज्ञानप्रधानत्वाद् वेदान्तानां विपश्चिताम् ।
पाठे त्वयत्नो मा प्रापदिति शिक्षाऽभिधीयते ॥ ५० ॥

arthajñānapradhānatvād vedāntānāṃ vipaścitām |
pāṭhe tvayatno mā prāpaditi śikṣā'bhidhīyate || 50 ||

English translation of verse 1.50:

Since the comprehension of meaning is important to the Vedānta, the science of phonetics is begun so that the learned may not become indifferent to the recital of the text.

Notes:

Verses (50) to (53) cover the second anuvāka of the Upaniṣad.