Shloka 40

Adhyaya 242 — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices

Devanagari script

मनुष्यत्वाच् च निरयं पर्यायेणोपगच्छति एष एवं द्विजातीनाम् आत्मा वै स गुणैर् वृतः //

Translation

Dieser Vers (40) mahnt: Das Hören und Bewahren des heiligen Wortes führt zu Verdienst und reiner Erkenntnis.

Speaker

• Didactic speaker describing the conditioned self; addressee not specified in the excerpt.