Chapter 84
ब्रह्म ते हृदयं शुक्लं तप:स्वाध्यायसंयमै: । यत्रोपलब्धं सद् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं च तत: परम् ॥ १९ ॥
Transliteration
brahma te hṛdayaṁ śuklaṁ tapaḥ-svādhyāya-saṁyamaiḥ yatropalabdhaṁ sad vyaktam avyaktaṁ ca tataḥ param
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
brahma — the Vedas; te — Your; hṛdayam — heart; śuklam — pure; tapaḥ — by austerities; svādhyāya — study; saṁyamaiḥ — and self-control; yatra — in which; upalabdham — perceived; sat — pure spiritual existence; vyaktam — the manifest (products of material creation); avyaktam — the unmanifest (subtle causes of creation); ca — and; tataḥ — to that; param — transcendental.
Translation
“The Vedas are Your spotless heart, and through them one can perceive — by means of austerity, study and self-control — the manifest, the unmanifest and the pure existence transcendental to both.”