Chapter 17
यद्यसौ छन्दसां लोकमारोक्ष्यन् ब्रह्मविष्टपम् । गुरवे विन्यसेद् देहं स्वाध्यायार्थं बृहद्व्रत: ॥ ३१ ॥
Transliteration
yady asau chandasāṁ lokam ārokṣyan brahma-viṣṭapam gurave vinyased dehaṁ svādhyāyārthaṁ bṛhad-vrataḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
yadi — if; asau — that student; chandasām lokam — the Maharloka planet; ārokṣyan — desiring to ascend to; brahma-viṣṭapam — Brahmaloka; gurave — unto the guru; vinyaset — he should offer; deham — his body; sva-adhyāya — of superior Vedic studies; artham — for the purpose; bṛhat-vrataḥ — observing the powerful vow of perpetual celibacy.
Translation
“If the brahmacārī student desires to ascend to the Maharloka or Brahmaloka planets, then he should completely surrender his activities to the spiritual master and, observing the powerful vow of perpetual celibacy, dedicate himself to superior Vedic studies.”