धर्म: सत्यदयोपेतो विद्या वा तपसान्विता । मद्भक्त्यापेतमात्मानं न सम्यक् प्रपुनाति हि ॥ २२ ॥
dharmaḥ satya-dayopeto vidyā vā tapasānvitā mad-bhaktyāpetam ātmānaṁ na samyak prapunāti hi
- dharmaḥ
- religious principles
- satya
- with truthfulness
- dayā
- and mercy
- upetaḥ
- endowed
- vidyā
- knowledge
- vā
- or
- tapasā
- with austerity
- anvitā
- endowed
- mat-bhaktyā
- devotional service to Me
- apetam
- bereft of
- ātmānam
- consciousness
- na
- not
- samyak
- completely
- prapunāti
- purifies
- hi
- certainly
Neither religious activities endowed with honesty and mercy nor knowledge obtained with great penance can completely purify one’s consciousness if they are bereft of loving service to Me.