प्रत्युद्गमप्रश्रयणाभिवादनं विधीयते साधु मिथ: सुमध्यमे । प्राज्ञै: परस्मै पुरुषाय चेतसा गुहाशयायैव न देहमानिने ॥ २२ ॥
pratyudgama-prasrayanabhivadanam vidhiyate sadhu mithah sumadhyame prajnaih parasmai purusaya cetasa guha-sayayaiva na deha-manine
- pratyudgama
- standing up from one’s seat
- prasrayana
- welcoming
- abhivadanam
- obeisances
- vidhiyate
- are intended
- sadhu
- proper
- mithah
- mutually
- su-madhyame
- my dear young wife
- prajnaih
- by the wise
- parasmai
- unto the Supreme
- purusaya
- unto the Supersoul
- cetasa
- with the intelligence
- guha-sayaya
- sitting within the body
- eva
- certainly
- na
- not
- deha-manine
- to the person identifying with the body.
My dear young wife, certainly friends and relatives offer mutual greetings by standing up, welcoming one another and offering obeisances. But those who are elevated to the transcendental platform, being intelligent, offer such respects to the Supersoul, who is sitting within the body, not to the person who identifies with the body.