ज्ञानं नि:श्रेयसार्थाय पुरुषस्यात्मदर्शनम् । यदाहुर्वर्णये तत्ते हृदयग्रन्थिभेदनम् ॥ २ ॥
jnanam nihsreyasarthaya purusasyatma-darsanam yad ahur varnaye tat te hrdaya-granthi-bhedanam
- jnanam
- knowledge
- nihsreyasa-arthaya
- for the ultimate perfection
- purusasya
- of a man
- atma-darsanam
- self-realization
- yat
- which
- ahuh
- they said
- varnaye
- I shall explain
- tat
- that
- te
- to you
- hrdaya
- in the heart
- granthi
- the knots
- bhedanam
- cuts.
Knowledge is the ultimate perfection of self-realization. I shall explain that knowledge unto you by which the knots of attachment to the material world are cut.