चित्रकेतुरुवाच भगवन् किं न विदितं तपोज्ञानसमाधिभि: । योगिनां ध्वस्तपापानां बहिरन्त: शरीरिषु ॥ २३ ॥
citraketur uvaca bhagavan kim na viditam tapo-jnana-samadhibhih yoginam dhvasta-papanam bahir antah saririsu
- citraketuh uvaca
- King Citraketu replied
- bhagavan
- O most powerful sage
- kim
- what
- na
- not
- viditam
- is understood
- tapah
- by austerity
- jnana
- knowledge
- samadhibhih
- and by samadhi (trance, transcendental meditation)
- yoginam
- by the great yogis or devotees
- dhvasta-papanam
- who are fully freed from all sinful reactions
- bahih
- externally
- antah
- internally
- saririsu
- in conditioned souls, who have material bodies
King Citraketu said: O great lord Angira, because of austerity, knowledge and transcendental samadhi, you are freed from all the reactions of sinful life. Therefore, as a perfect yogi, you can understand everything external and internal regarding embodied, conditioned souls like us.