एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः | आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ||१६-२२||
etairvimuktaḥ kaunteya tamodvāraistribhirnaraḥ . ācaratyātmanaḥ śreyastato yāti parāṃ gatim ||16-22||
- etaiḥ
- from these
- vimuktaḥ
- being liberated
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- tamaḥ-dvāraiḥ
- from the gates of ignorance
- tribhiḥ
- of three kinds
- naraḥ
- a person
- ācarati
- performs
- ātmanaḥ
- for the self
- śreyaḥ
- benediction
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- yāti
- he goes
- parām
- to the supreme
- gatim
- destination
The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kuntī, performs acts conducive to self-realization and thus gradually attains the supreme destination.