तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः ।गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ॥
tadbuddhayas tadātmānas tanniṣṭhās tatparāyaṇāḥ |gacchanty apunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ ||
- तद्बुद्धयः · tadbuddhayaḥ
- with intellect fixed on That
- तदात्मानः · tadātmānaḥ
- with self absorbed in That
- तन्निष्ठाः · tanniṣṭhāḥ
- steadfast in That
- तत्परायणाः · tatparāyaṇāḥ
- with That as supreme refuge
- अपुनरावृत्तिम् · apunarāvṛttim
- non-return, final freedom
- गच्छन्ति · gacchanti
- they reach
- निर्धूतकल्मषाः · nirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ
- with impurities shaken off
“With intellect fixed on That, self absorbed in That, steadfast in That, with That as their highest refuge — they reach the state of no return, their stains washed away by knowledge.”
— Original plain-language translation
Four phrases hammer a single absorption in the supreme. Knowledge here is not information but cleansing immersion. The reward is apunaravrtti, freedom from repeated birth.
— Reader's notes (original)