तं त्वा गताहं शरणं शरण्यं स्वभृत्यसंसारतरो: कुठारम् । जिज्ञासयाहं प्रकृते: पूरुषस्य नमामि सद्धर्मविदां वरिष्ठम् ॥ ११ ॥
tam tva gataham saranam saranyam sva-bhrtya-samsara-taroh kutharam jijnasayaham prakrteh purusasya namami sad-dharma-vidam varistham
- tam
- that person
- tva
- unto You
- gata
- have gone
- aham
- I
- saranam
- shelter
- saranyam
- worth taking shelter of
- sva-bhrtya
- for Your dependents
- samsara
- of material existence
- taroh
- of the tree
- kutharam
- the ax
- jijnasaya
- with the desire to know
- aham
- I
- prakrteh
- of matter (woman)
- purusasya
- of spirit (man)
- namami
- I offer obeisances
- sat-dharma
- of the eternal occupation
- vidam
- of the knowers
- varistham
- unto the greatest
Devahuti continued: I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet because You are the only person of whom to take shelter. You are the ax which can cut the tree of material existence. I therefore offer my obeisances unto You, who are the greatest of all transcendentalists, and I inquire from You as to the relationship between man and woman and between spirit and matter.