श्रीभगवानुवाच इत्यभिप्रेत्य मनसा ह्यावन्त्यो द्विजसत्तम: । उन्मुच्य हृदयग्रन्थीन् शान्तो भिक्षुरभून्मुनि: ॥ ३१ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca ity abhipretya manasā hy āvantyo dvija-sattamaḥ unmucya hṛdaya-granthīn śānto bhikṣur abhūn muniḥ
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Lord said
- iti
- thus
- abhipretya
- concluding
- manasā
- within his mind
- hi
- indeed
- āvantyaḥ
- of the district of Avantī
- dvija-sat-tamaḥ
- now the most pious brāhmaṇa
- unmucya
- untying
- hṛdaya
- in his heart
- granthīn
- the knots (of desire)
- śāntaḥ
- peaceful
- bhikṣuḥ
- a mendicant sannyāsī
- abhūt
- he became
- muniḥ
- silent
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa continued: His mind thus determined, that most excellent Avantī brāhmaṇa was able to untie the knots of desire within his heart. He then assumed the role of a peaceful and silent sannyāsī mendicant.