तस्माज्जिज्ञासयात्मानमात्मस्थं केवलं परम् । सङ्गम्य निरसेदेतद्वस्तुबुद्धिं यथाक्रमम् ॥ ११ ॥
tasmāj jijñāsayātmānam ātma-sthaṁ kevalaṁ param saṅgamya nirased etad vastu-buddhiṁ yathā-kramam
- tasmāt
- therefore
- jijñāsayā
- by the cultivation of knowledge
- ātmānam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- ātma
- within oneself
- stham
- situated
- kevalam
- pure
- param
- transcendental and supreme
- saṅgamya
- approaching by realized knowledge
- niraset
- one should give up
- etat
- this
- vastu
- within material objects
- buddhim
- concept of reality
- yathā-kramam
- gradually, step by step
Therefore, by the cultivation of knowledge one should approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead situated within oneself. By understanding the Lord’s pure, transcendental existence, one should gradually give up the false vision of the material world as independent reality.