तद् वै भजाम्यृतधियस्तव पादमूलं हित्वेदमात्मच्छदि चात्मगुरो: परस्य । देहाद्यपार्थमसदन्त्यमभिज्ञमात्रं विन्देत ते तर्हि सर्वमनीषितार्थम् ॥ ४४ ॥
tad vai bhajāmy ṛta-dhiyas tava pāda-mūlaṁ hitvedam ātma-cchadi cātma-guroḥ parasya dehādy apārtham asad antyam abhijña-mātraṁ vindeta te tarhi sarva-manīṣitārtham
- tat
- therefore
- vai
- indeed
- bhajāmi
- I worship
- ṛta-dhiyaḥ
- of Him whose intelligence always perceives the truth
- tava
- of You
- pāda-mūlam
- the soles of the lotus feet
- hitvā
- giving up
- idam
- this
- ātma-chadi
- covering of the self
- ca
- and
- ātma-guroḥ
- of the master of the soul
- parasya
- who is the Supreme Truth
- deha-ādi
- the material body and other false designations
- apārtham
- useless
- asat
- insubstantial
- antyam
- temporary
- abhijña-mātram
- only imagined to have a separate existence
- vindeta
- one obtains
- te
- from You
- tarhi
- then
- sarva
- all
- manīṣita
- desired
- artham
- objects
Therefore I worship Your lotus feet, having renounced my identification with the material body and everything else that covers my true self. These useless, insubstantial and temporary coverings are merely presumed to be separate from You, whose intelligence encompasses all truth. By attaining You — the Supreme Godhead and the master of the soul — one attains everything desirable.