तामिमां ज्ञानयुक्तिं त्वं संसाराम्भोधितारिणीम् । शृणुष्वाऽवहितो बुद्ध्या नित्यावहितया तया ॥ ३७ ॥
tāmimāṁ jñānayuktiṁ tvaṁ saṁsārāmbhōdhitāriṇīm | śṛṇuṣvā’vahitō buddhyā nityāvahitayā tayā || 37 ||
Translation
Listen then, with attention, to this means of knowledge that carries one across the ocean of saṁsāra, with an intelligence that is attentive always.
Word by word
- tām
- then
- imāṁ
- this
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- yuktiṁ
- means
- tvaṁ
- you
- saṁsāra
- of saṁsāra
- ambhōdhi
- the ocean
- tāriṇīm
- that carries one across
- śṛṇuṣva
- listen
- avahitō
- (avahitaḥ) with attention
- buddhyā
- with an intelligence
- nitya
- always
- avahitayā
- attentive
- tayā
- that
Meaning
Avahita is gathered, set down in one place, and it comes twice in the verse. The commentary describes the intelligence asked for: given to the practice of inquiry, with discernment and dispassion, and one-pointed. Attention here is said to be a standing condition of the mind, nitya, and not something switched on for the length of a lecture.