yad aká¹£araá¹ veda-vido vadanti viÅ›anti yad yatayo vÄ«ta-rÄgÄḥ yad ichchhanto brahmacharyaá¹ charanti tat te padaá¹ saá¹…graheṇa pravaká¹£ye [11]

saá¹…graheṇa–Along with the method of attaining it; (aham)–I; pravaká¹£ye–shall describe; te–to you; tat padam–that objective; yat–which; veda-vidaḥ–the learned knowers of the Vedas; vadanti–call; aká¹£aram–the imperishable, Oá¹kÄr, denoting Brahma; yat–which; vÄ«ta-rÄgÄḥ– the desireless; yatayaḥ–ascetics; viÅ›anti–enter; ichchhantaḥ–and aspiring to reach; yat–which; (brahmachÄriṇaḥ)–the brahmachÄrÄ«s, celibate seekers of the Absolute; charanti–maintain; brahmacharyam–the vow of celibacy. [11]


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Along with the method of attaining it, I shall describe to you that objective which the learned knowers of the Vedas call Om, the Imperishable, within which the desireless ascetics enter, and which the devout seekers aspire to reach by practising the vow of celibacy.

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