यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः | यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ||८-११||
yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ . yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tatte padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye ||8-11||
- akṣaram
- syllable oṁ
- veda-vidaḥ
- persons conversant with the Vedas
- vadanti
- say
- viśanti
- enter
- yat
- in which
- yatayaḥ
- great sages
- vīta-rāgāḥ
- in the renounced order of life
- yat
- that which
- icchantaḥ
- desiring
- brahma-caryam
- celibacy
- caranti
- practice
- tat
- that
- te
- unto you
- padam
- situation
- saṅgraheṇa
- in summary
- pravakṣye
- I shall explain
Persons who are learned in the Vedas, who utter oṁ-kāra, and who are great sages in the renounced order enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy. I shall now briefly explain to you this process by which one may attain salvation.