अहं च योगेश्वरमात्मतत्त्व- विदां मुनीनां परमं गुरुं वै । प्रष्टुं प्रवृत्त: किमिहारणं तत् साक्षाद्धरिं ज्ञानकलावतीर्णम् ॥ १९ ॥
aham ca yogesvaram atma-tattva- vidam muninam paramam gurum vai prastum pravrttah kim iharanam tat saksad dharim jnana-kalavatirnam
- aham
- I
- ca
- and
- yoga-isvaram
- the master of all mystic power
- atma-tattva-vidam
- of the learned scholars who are aware of the spiritual science
- muninam
- of such saintly persons
- paramam
- the best
- gurum
- the preceptor
- vai
- indeed
- prastum
- to inquire
- pravrttah
- engaged
- kim
- what
- iha
- in this world
- aranam
- the most secure shelter
- tat
- that which
- saksat harim
- directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- jnana-kala-avatirnam
- who has descended as the incarnation of complete knowledge in His plenary portion known as Kapiladeva
I consider your good self the most exalted master of mystic power. You know the spiritual science perfectly well. You are the most exalted of all learned sages, and you have descended for the benefit of all human society. You have come to give spiritual knowledge, and you are a direct representative of Kapiladeva, the incarnation of God and the plenary portion of knowledge. I am therefore asking you, O spiritual master, what is the most secure shelter in this world?