यद्ब्रह्म नित्यं विरजं सनातनं श्रद्धातपोमङ्गलमौनसंयमै: । समाधिना बिभ्रति हार्थदृष्टये यत्रेदमादर्श इवावभासते ॥ ४२ ॥
yad brahma nityam virajam sanatanam sraddha-tapo-mangala-mauna-samyamaih samadhina bibhrati hartha-drstaye yatredam adarsa ivavabhasate
- yat
- that which
- brahma
- the brahminical culture
- nityam
- eternally
- virajam
- without contamination
- sanatanam
- without beginning
- sraddha
- faith
- tapah
- austerity
- mangala
- auspicious
- mauna
- silence
- samyamaih
- controlling the mind and senses
- samadhina
- with full concentration
- bibhrati
- illuminates
- ha
- as he did it
- artha
- the real purpose of the Vedas
- drstaye
- for the purpose of finding out
- yatra
- wherein
- idam
- all this
- adarse
- in a mirror
- iva
- like
- avabhasate
- manifests
In brahminical culture a brahmana’s transcendental position is eternally maintained because the injunctions of the Vedas are accepted with faith, austerity, scriptural conclusions, full sense and mind control, and meditation. In this way the real goal of life is illuminated, just as one’s face is fully reflected in a clear mirror.