किं ध्यानं किं विधानञ्च परेशस्य परात्मनः । तत्त्वेन श्रोतुमिच्छामि कृपया कथय प्रभो ॥ ४ ॥
kiṁ dhyānaṁ kiṁ vidhānañca parēśasya parātmanaḥ | tattvēna śrōtumicchāmi kṛpayā kathaya prabhō || 4 ||
Translation
What is the meditation, and what the rite, of the Supreme Lord, the Supreme Self? I wish to hear it truly; tell me in your compassion, Lord.
Word by word
- kiṁ
- what
- dhyānaṁ
- meditation
- vidhānañca
- and the rite
- parēśasya
- of the Supreme Lord
- parātmanaḥ
- of the Supreme Self
- tattvēna
- truly
- śrōtumicchāmi
- I wish to hear
- kṛpayā
- in compassion
- kathaya
- tell
- prabhō
- O Lord
Meaning
Tattvena is glossed as "as it really is". Another reading has "of the departed great Self" for the second half of the first line.