शृणु वत्स भरद्वाज यथापृष्टं वदामि ते । श्रुतेन येन संमोहमलं दूरे करिष्यसि ॥ २४ ॥
śṛṇu vatsa bharadvāja yathāpṛṣṭaṁ vadāmi tē | śrutēna yēna saṁmōhamalaṁ dūrē kariṣyasi || 24 ||
Translation
Listen, dear Bharadvāja: I will tell you what you asked. By hearing it you will drive away the stain of delusion.
Word by word
- śṛṇu
- listen
- vatsa
- dear
- bharadvāja
- Bharadvāja
- yathā
- what
- pṛṣṭaṁ
- you asked
- vadāmi
- I will tell
- tē
- you
- śrutēna
- by hearing
- yēna
- which
- saṁmōha
- of delusion
- malaṁ
- the stain
- dūrē
- away
- kariṣyasi
- you will drive
Meaning
The "stain of delusion" (saṁmohamala) is ignorance of one's true nature, the commentary says, the obstacle that hides self-knowledge.