उच्छिष्टलेपाननुमोदितो द्विजै: सकृत्स्म भुञ्जे तदपास्तकिल्बिष: । एवं प्रवृत्तस्य विशुद्धचेतस- स्तद्धर्म एवात्मरुचि: प्रजायते ॥ २५ ॥
ucchista-lepan anumodito dvijaih sakrt sma bhunje tad-apasta-kilbisah evam pravrttasya visuddha-cetasas tad-dharma evatma-rucih prajayate
- ucchista-lepan
- the remnants of foodstuff
- anumoditah
- being permitted
- dvijaih
- by the Vedantist brahmanas
- sakrt
- once upon a time
- sma
- in the past
- bhunje
- took
- tat
- by that action
- apasta
- eliminated
- kilbisah
- all sins
- evam
- thus
- pravrttasya
- being engaged
- visuddha-cetasah
- of one whose mind is purified
- tat
- that particular
- dharmah
- nature
- eva
- certainly
- atma-rucih
- transcendental attraction
- prajayate
- was manifested
Once only, by their permission, I took the remnants of their food, and by so doing all my sins were at once eradicated. Thus being engaged, I became purified in heart, and at that time the very nature of the transcendentalist became attractive to me.