यं न योगेन साङ्ख्येन दानव्रततपोऽध्वरै: । व्याख्यास्वाध्यायसन्न्यासै: प्राप्नुयाद् यत्नवानपि ॥ ९ ॥
yaṁ na yogena sāṅkhyena dāna-vrata-tapo-’dhvaraiḥ vyākhyā-svādhyāya-sannyāsaiḥ prāpnuyād yatnavān api
- yam
- whom
- na
- not
- yogena
- by the mystic yoga systems
- sāṅkhyena
- by philosophical speculation
- dāna
- by charity
- vrata
- vows
- tapaḥ
- austerities
- adhvaraiḥ
- or Vedic ritualistic sacrifices
- vyākhyā
- by explaining Vedic knowledge to others
- svādhyāya
- personal study of the Veda
- sannyāsaiḥ
- or by taking the renounced order of life
- prāpnuyāt
- can one obtain
- yatna-vān
- with great endeavor
- api
- even
Even though one engages with great endeavor in the mystic yoga system, philosophical speculation, charity, vows, penances, ritualistic sacrifices, teaching of Vedic mantras to others, personal study of the Vedas, or the renounced order of life, still one cannot achieve Me.