संशयोऽत्र तु मे विप्र सञ्छिन्नस्तत्कृतो महान् । ऋषयोऽपि हि मुह्यन्ति यत्र नेन्द्रियवृत्तय: ॥ ५७ ॥
samsayo ’tra tu me vipra sanchinnas tat-krto mahan rsayo ’pi hi muhyanti yatra nendriya-vrttayah
- samsayah
- doubt
- atra
- here
- tu
- but
- me
- my
- vipra
- O brahmana
- sanchinnah
- cleared
- tat-krtah
- done by that
- mahan
- very great
- rsayah
- the great sages
- api
- even
- hi
- certainly
- muhyanti
- are bewildered
- yatra
- where
- na
- not
- indriya
- of the senses
- vrttayah
- activities.
My dear brahmana, there are contradictions between your instructions and those of my spiritual teachers who engaged me in fruitive activities. I now can understand the distinction between devotional service, knowledge and renunciation. I had some doubts about them, but you have now very kindly dissipated all these doubts. I can now understand how even the great sages are bewildered by the real purpose of life. Of course, there is no question of sense gratification.