यत्सेवयाग्नेरिव रुद्ररोदनं पुमान् विजह्यान्मलमात्मनस्तम: । भजेत वर्णं निजमेष सोऽव्ययो भूयात् स ईश: परमो गुरोर्गुरु: ॥ ४८ ॥
yat-sevayagner iva rudra-rodanam puman vijahyan malam atmanas tamah bhajeta varnam nijam esa so ’vyayo bhuyat sa isah paramo guror guruh
- yat-sevaya
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by serving whom
- agneh
- in touch with fire
- iva
- as it is
- rudra-rodanam
- a block of silver or gold becomes purified
- puman
- a person
- vijahyat
- can give up
- malam
- all the dirty things of material existence
- atmanah
- of one’s self
- tamah
- the mode of ignorance, by which one performs pious and impious activities
- bhajeta
- may revive
- varnam
- his original identity
- nijam
- one’s own
- esah
- such
- sah
- He
- avyayah
- inexhaustible
- bhuyat
- let Him become
- sah
- He
- isah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- paramah
- the supreme
- guroh guruh
- the spiritual master of all other spiritual masters
One who wants to be free of material entanglement should take to the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and give up the contamination of ignorance, involving pious and impious activities. Thus one regains his original identity, just as a block of gold or silver sheds all dirt and becomes purified when treated with fire. May that inexhaustible Supreme Personality of Godhead become our spiritual master, for He is the original spiritual master of all other spiritual masters.