विचारयाऽऽचार्यपरम्पराणां मतेन सत्येन सितेन तावत् । यावद्विशुद्धं स्वयमेव बुद्ध्या ह्यनन्तरूपं परमभ्युपैषि ॥ ३५ ॥
vicārayā’’cāryaparamparāṇāṁ matēna satyēna sitēna tāvat | yāvadviśuddhaṁ svayamēva buddhyā hyanantarūpaṁ paramabhyupaiṣi || 35 ||
Translation
Inquire, by the true and clear teaching of the line of teachers, until by your own understanding you come to the supreme, pure, whose form is endless.
Word by word
- vicāraya
- inquire
- ācārya
- of teachers
- paramparāṇāṁ
- of the line
- matēna
- by the teaching
- satyēna
- true
- sitēna
- clear
- tāvat
- so long
- yāvad
- until
- viśuddhaṁ
- pure
- svayam
- yourself
- ēva
- indeed
- buddhyā
- by understanding
- hi
- indeed
- ananta
- endless
- rūpaṁ
- whose form is
- param
- the supreme
- abhyupaiṣi
- you come to
Meaning
The last verse joins the two halves of the sarga: one's own effort and the line of teachers. The commentary: inquire, Rāma, by the teaching of the line of teachers, which rests on the highest truth and is made pure by the means of knowledge, until you yourself, by your own understanding, directly realise the supreme Brahman, pure and endless. Another commentary adds: endless, free of the limits of place, time and thing. The teachers supply the method; the knowing must be one's own.