एतत्तेऽभिहितं साधो भवान् पृच्छति यच्च माम् । यथा स्वधर्मसंयुक्तो भक्तो मां समियात् परम् ॥ ४८ ॥
etat te ’bhihitaṁ sādho bhavān pṛcchati yac ca mām yathā sva-dharma-saṁyukto bhakto māṁ samiyāt param
- etat
- this
- te
- unto you
- abhihitam
- described
- sādho
- O saintly Uddhava
- bhavān
- you
- pṛcchati
- have asked
- yat
- which
- ca
- and
- mām
- from Me
- yathā
- the means by which
- sva-dharma
- in one’s prescribed duty
- saṁyuktaḥ
- perfectly engaged
- bhaktaḥ
- being a devotee
- mām
- to Me
- samiyāt
- one may come
- param
- the Supreme
My dear saintly Uddhava, I have now described to you, just as you inquired, the means by which My devotee, perfectly engaged in his prescribed duty, can come back to Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.