वृणीमहे त्वोपाध्यायं ब्रह्मिष्ठं ब्राह्मणं गुरुम् । यथाञ्जसा विजेष्याम: सपत्नांस्तव तेजसा ॥ ३२ ॥
vrnimahe tvopadhyayam brahmistham brahmanam gurum yathanjasa vijesyamah sapatnams tava tejasa
- vrnimahe
- we choose
- tva
- you
- upadhyayam
- as teacher and spiritual master
- brahmistham
- being perfectly aware of the Supreme Brahman
- brahmanam
- a qualified brahmana
- gurum
- the perfect spiritual master
- yatha
- so that
- anjasa
- very easily
- vijesyamah
- we shall defeat
- sapatnan
- our rivals
- tava
- your
- tejasa
- by the power of austerity.
Since you are completely aware of the Supreme Brahman, you are a perfect brahmana, and therefore you are the spiritual master of all orders of life. We accept you as our spiritual master and director so that by the power of your austerity we may easily defeat the enemies who have conquered us.