सा वाग् यया तस्य गुणान् गृणीते करौ च तत्कर्मकरौ मनश्च । स्मरेद् वसन्तं स्थिरजङ्गमेषु शृणोति तत्पुण्यकथा: स कर्ण: ॥ ३ ॥
sā vāg yayā tasya guṇān gṛṇīte karau ca tat-karma-karau manaś ca smared vasantaṁ sthira-jaṅgameṣu śṛṇoti tat-puṇya-kathāḥ sa karṇaḥ
- sā
- that (is)
- vāk
- power of speech
- yayā
- by which
- tasya
- His
- guṇān
- qualities
- gṛṇīte
- one describes
- karau
- pair of hands
- ca
- and
- tat
- His
- karma
- work
- karau
- doing
- manaḥ
- mind
- ca
- and
- smaret
- remembers
- vasantam
- dwelling
- sthira
- within the unmoving
- jaṅgameṣu
- and moving
- śṛṇoti
- hears
- tat
- His
- puṇya
- sanctifying
- kathāḥ
- topics
- saḥ
- that (is)
- karṇaḥ
- an ear
Actual speech is that which describes the qualities of the Lord, real hands are those that work for Him, a true mind is that which always remembers Him dwelling within everything moving and nonmoving, and actual ears are those that listen to sanctifying topics about Him.