वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः ।बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः ॥
vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā mām upāśritāḥ |bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvam āgatāḥ ||
- वीतरागभयक्रोधाः · vītarāgabhayakrodhāḥ
- freed from craving, fear, and anger
- मन्मयाः · manmayāḥ
- absorbed in me
- माम् · mām
- me
- उपाश्रिताः · upāśritāḥ
- taking refuge in
- बहवः · bahavaḥ
- many
- ज्ञानतपसा · jñānatapasā
- by the austerity of knowledge
- पूताः · pūtāḥ
- purified
- मद्भावम् · madbhāvam
- my being, my state
- आगताः · āgatāḥ
- have attained
“Freed from craving, fear, and anger, absorbed in me, taking refuge in me — many, purified by the austerity of knowledge, have attained my being.”
— Original plain-language translation
Precedent for verse 9's promise: many have already walked this road. Knowledge itself is tapas — a purifying fire that burns the triple defilement of craving, fear, and anger. The path is proven, not speculative.
— Reader's notes (original)