कालेन स्नानशौचाभ्यां संस्कारैस्तपसेज्यया । शुध्यन्ति दानै: सन्तुष्टया द्रव्याण्यात्मात्मविद्यया ॥ ४ ॥
kālena snāna-śaucābhyāṁ saṁskārais tapasejyayā śudhyanti dānaiḥ santuṣṭyā dravyāṇy ātmātma-vidyayā
- kālena
- by due course of time (the land and other material things become purified)
- snāna-śaucābhyām
- by bathing (the body becomes purified) and by cleansing (unclean things become purified)
- saṁskāraiḥ
- by purificatory processes (birth becomes purified)
- tapasā
- by austerity (the senses become purified)
- ijyayā
- by worship (the brāhmaṇas become purified)
- śudhyanti
- become purified
- dānaiḥ
- by charity (wealth becomes purified)
- santuṣṭyā
- by satisfaction (the mind becomes purified)
- dravyāṇi
- all material possessions, such as cows, land and gold
- ātmā
- the soul (becomes purified)
- ātma-vidyayā
- by self-realization
O King, by the passing of time, land and other material possessions are purified; by bathing, the body is purified; and by being cleansed, unclean things are purified. By purificatory ceremonies, birth is purified; by austerity, the senses are purified; and by worship and charity offered to the brāhmaṇas, material possessions are purified. By satisfaction, the mind is purified; and by self-realization, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the soul is purified.