ब्रह्म ते हृदयं शुक्लं तप:स्वाध्यायसंयमै: । यत्रोपलब्धं सद् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं च तत: परम् ॥ १९ ॥
brahma te hṛdayaṁ śuklaṁ tapaḥ-svādhyāya-saṁyamaiḥ yatropalabdhaṁ sad vyaktam avyaktaṁ ca tataḥ param
- brahma
- the Vedas
- te
- Your
- hṛdayam
- heart
- śuklam
- pure
- tapaḥ
- by austerities
- svādhyāya
- study
- saṁyamaiḥ
- and self-control
- yatra
- in which
- upalabdham
- perceived
- sat
- pure spiritual existence
- vyaktam
- the manifest (products of material creation)
- avyaktam
- the unmanifest (subtle causes of creation)
- ca
- and
- tataḥ
- to that
- param
- transcendental
The Vedas are Your spotless heart, and through them one can perceive — by means of austerity, study and self-control — the manifest, the unmanifest and the pure existence transcendental to both.