य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं तस्योदारचमत्कृतेः । बोधस्याऽपि परं बोधं बुद्धिरेति न संशयः ॥ १३ ॥
ya idaṁ śṛṇuyānnityaṁ tasyōdāracamatkṛtēḥ | bōdhasyā’pi paraṁ bōdhaṁ buddhirēti na saṁśayaḥ || 13 ||
Translation
Whoever hears this daily, his understanding, wondrous and noble, reaches without doubt an awakening beyond even awakening.
Word by word
- ya
- (yaḥ) whoever
- idaṁ
- this
- śṛṇuyān
- (śṛṇuyāt) hears
- nityaṁ
- daily
- tasya
- his
- udāra
- noble
- camatkṛtēḥ
- wondrous
- bōdhasya
- awakening
- api
- even
- paraṁ
- beyond
- bōdhaṁ
- an awakening
- buddhir
- (buddhiḥ) understanding
- ēti
- reaches
- na
- without
- saṁśayaḥ
- doubt
Meaning
Daily (nityam): the hearing is a practice, not an event. The commentary: the understanding of one who hears it every day reaches an awakening higher than what comes from the study of other books. Awakening beyond awakening (bodhasyāpi paraṁ bodham): beyond even what one had taken for understanding.