Chapter 12
तस्माद्भवन्तं मम संशयार्थं प्रक्ष्यामि पश्चादधुना सुबोधम् । अध्यात्मयोगग्रथितं तवोक्त- माख्याहि कौतूहलचेतसो मे ॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration
tasmād bhavantaṁ mama saṁśayārthaṁ prakṣyāmi paścād adhunā subodham adhyātma-yoga-grathitaṁ tavoktam ākhyāhi kautūhala-cetaso me
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tasmāt — therefore; bhavantam — to you; mama — of me; saṁśaya-artham — the subject matter that is not clear to me; prakṣyāmi — I shall submit; paścāt — afterwards; adhunā — now; su-bodham — so that it can be clearly understood; adhyātma-yoga — of mystic instruction for self-realization; grathitam — as composed; tava — your; uktam — speech; ākhyāhi — please explain again; kautūhala-cetasaḥ — whose mind is very inquisitive to understand the mystery of such statements; me — to me.
Translation
“Whatever doubts I have about a particular subject matter I shall ask you about later. For the time being, these mysterious yoga instructions you have given me for self-realization appear very difficult to understand. Please repeat them in a simple way so that I can understand them. My mind is very inquisitive, and I want to understand this clearly.”