एवं स्फुटं ब्रह्मविवेकहेतुभि: परापवादेन विशारदेन । छित्त्वात्मसन्देहमुपारमेत स्वानन्दतुष्टोऽखिलकामुकेभ्य: ॥ २३ ॥
evaṁ sphuṭaṁ brahma-viveka-hetubhiḥ parāpavādena viśāradena chittvātma-sandeham upārameta svānanda-tuṣṭo ’khila-kāmukebhyaḥ
- evam
- in this way
- sphuṭam
- clearly
- brahma
- of the Absolute Truth
- viveka-hetubhiḥ
- by discriminating, logical arguments
- para
- of misidentification with other conceptions
- apavādena
- by refutation
- viśāradena
- expert
- chittvā
- cutting off
- ātma
- regarding the identity of the self
- sandeham
- doubt
- upārameta
- one should desist
- sva-ānanda
- in his own transcendental ecstasy
- tuṣṭaḥ
- satisfied
- akhila
- from all
- kāmukebhyaḥ
- things of lust
Thus clearly understanding by discriminating logic the unique position of the Absolute Truth, one should expertly refute one’s misidentification with matter and cut to pieces all doubts about the identity of the self. Becoming satisfied in the soul’s natural ecstasy, one should desist from all lusty engagements of the material senses.