स्वर्णं यथा ग्रावसु हेमकार: क्षेत्रेषु योगैस्तदभिज्ञ आप्नुयात् । क्षेत्रेषु देहेषु तथात्मयोगै- रध्यात्मविद् ब्रह्मगतिं लभेत ॥ २१ ॥
svarnam yatha gravasu hema-karah ksetresu yogais tad-abhijna apnuyat ksetresu dehesu tathatma-yogair adhyatma-vid brahma-gatim labheta
- svarnam
- gold
- yatha
- just as
- gravasu
- in the stones of gold ore
- hema-karah
- the expert who knows about gold
- ksetresu
- in the gold mines
- yogaih
- by various processes
- tat-abhijnah
- an expert who can understand where gold is
- apnuyat
- very easily obtains
- ksetresu
- within the material fields
- dehesu
- the human bodies and all the rest of the 8,400,000 different bodily forms
- tatha
- similarly
- atma-yogaih
- by spiritual processes
- adhyatma-vit
- one who is expert in understanding the distinction between spirit and matter
- brahma-gatim
- perfection in spiritual life
- labheta
- may obtain
An expert geologist can understand where there is gold and by various processes can extract it from the gold ore. Similarly, a spiritually advanced person can understand how the spiritual particle exists within the body, and thus by cultivating spiritual knowledge he can attain perfection in spiritual life. However, as one who is not expert cannot understand where there is gold, a foolish person who has not cultivated spiritual knowledge cannot understand how the spirit exists within the body.