यदुपासनया ब्रह्मन् योगिनो मलमात्मन: । द्रव्यक्रियाकारकाख्यं धूत्वा यान्त्यपुनर्भवम् ॥ ३८ ॥
yad-upāsanayā brahman yogino malam ātmanaḥ dravya-kriyā-kārakākhyaṁ dhūtvā yānty apunar-bhavam
- yat
- of which (subtle form of the Vedas)
- upāsanayā
- by the worship
- brahman
- O brāhmaṇa
- yoginaḥ
- mystic sages
- malam
- the contamination
- ātmanaḥ
- of the heart
- dravya
- substance
- kriyā
- activity
- kāraka
- and performer
- ākhyam
- designated as such
- dhūtvā
- cleansing away
- yānti
- they achieve
- apunaḥ-bhavam
- freedom from rebirth
By worship of this subtle form of the Vedas, O brāhmaṇa, mystic sages cleanse their hearts of all contamination caused by impurity of substance, activity and doer, and thus they attain freedom from repeated birth and death.