इदं हि पुंसस्तपस: श्रुतस्य वा स्विष्टस्य सूक्तस्य च बुद्धिदत्तयो: । अविच्युतोऽर्थ: कविभिर्निरूपितो यदुत्तमश्लोकगुणानुवर्णनम् ॥ २२ ॥
idam hi pumsas tapasah srutasya va svistasya suktasya ca buddhi-dattayoh avicyuto ’rthah kavibhir nirupito yad-uttamasloka-gunanuvarnanam
- idam
- this
- hi
- certainly
- pumsah
- of everyone
- tapasah
- by dint of austerities
- srutasya
- by dint of study of the Vedas
- va
- or
- svistasya
- sacrifice
- suktasya
- spiritual education
- ca
- and
- buddhi
- culture of knowledge
- dattayoh
- charity
- avicyutah
- infallible
- arthah
- interest
- kavibhih
- by the recognized learned person
- nirupitah
- concluded
- yat
- what
- uttamasloka
- the Lord, who is described by choice poetry
- guna-anuvarnanam
- description of the transcendental qualities of
Learned circles have positively concluded that the infallible purpose of the advancement of knowledge, namely austerities, study of the Vedas, sacrifice, chanting of hymns and charity, culminates in the transcendental descriptions of the Lord, who is defined in choice poetry.