Self-Study, Yoga, and the King Who Sought a Teacher's Fee

Verse 1 (vishnu.6.6.1)

पराशर उवाच । स्वाध्यायसंयमाभ्यां स दृश्यते पुरुषोत्तमः । तत्प्राप्तिकारणं ब्रह्म तदेतदिति पठ्यते

parāśara uvāca svādhyāyasaṁyamābhyāṁ sa dṛśyate puruṣottamaḥ tatprāptikāraṇaṁ brahma tad etad iti paṭhyate

Parashara said: "That Supreme Person is seen through self-study of scripture together with restraint; the cause that leads to his attainment is what is called Brahman — so it is taught.

Verse 2 (vishnu.6.6.2)

स्वाध्यायाद् योगमासीत योगात् स्वाध्यायमाचरेत् । स्वाध्याययोगसंपत्त्या परमात्मा प्रकाशते

svādhyāyād yogam āsīta yogāt svādhyāyam ācaret svādhyāyayogasaṁpattyā paramātmā prakāśate

From self-study one should proceed into yoga, and from yoga one should return to self-study; through the perfection born of self-study joined with yoga, the Supreme Self is revealed.

Verse 3 (vishnu.6.6.3)

तदीक्षणाय स्वाध्यायश् चक्षुर् योगस् तथापरम् । न मांसचक्षुषा द्रष्टुं ब्रह्मभूतः स शक्यते

tadīkṣaṇāya svādhyāyaś cakṣur yogas tathāparam na māṁsacakṣuṣā draṣṭuṁ brahmabhūtaḥ sa śakyate

For beholding him, self-study is one eye, and yoga is the other; that one who has become Brahman cannot be seen with the fleshly eye.

Verse 4 (vishnu.6.6.4)

मैत्रेय उवाच । भगवंस् तमहं योगं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तं वद । ज्ञाते यत्राखिलाधारं पश्येयं परमेश्वरम्

maitreya uvāca bhagavaṁs tam ahaṁ yogaṁ jñātum icchāmi taṁ vada jñāte yatrākhilādhāraṁ paśyeyaṁ parameśvaram

Maitreya said: "Lord, I wish to know that yoga — tell it to me, so that, having known it, I might see the Supreme Lord who is the support of all things."

Verse 5 (vishnu.6.6.5)

पराशर उवाच । यथा केशिध्वजः प्राह खाण्डिक्याय महात्मने । जनकाय पुरा योगं तथाहं कथयामि ते

parāśara uvāca yathā keśidhvajaḥ prāha khāṇḍikyāya mahātmane janakāya purā yogaṁ tathāhaṁ kathayāmi te

Parashara said: "Just as, long ago, Keshidhvaja declared that yoga to the great-souled Khandikya-Janaka, so shall I now relate it to you.

Verse 6 (vishnu.6.6.6)

मैत्रेय उवाच । खाण्डिक्यः कोऽभवद् ब्रह्मन् को वा केशिध्वजोऽभवत् । कथं तयोश् च संवादो योगसंबन्धवानभूत्

maitreya uvāca khāṇḍikyaḥ ko 'bhavad brahman ko vā keśidhvajo 'bhavat kathaṁ tayoś ca saṁvādo yogasaṁbandhavān abhūt

Maitreya said: "Brahmin, who was Khandikya, and who was Keshidhvaja? And how did this dialogue between them, concerning yoga, come to take place?"

Verse 7 (vishnu.6.6.7)

पराशर उवाच । धर्मध्वजो वै जनकस् तस्य पुत्रोऽमितध्वजः । कृतध्वजश् च नाम्नासीत् सदाध्यात्मरतिर् नृपः

parāśara uvāca dharmadhvajo vai janakas tasya putro 'mitadhvajaḥ kṛtadhvajaś ca nāmnāsīt sadādhyātmaratir nṛpaḥ

Parashara said: "There was a Janaka named Dharmadhvaja; his son was Amitadhvaja; and there was also one named Kritadhvaja, a king ever devoted to spiritual knowledge.

Verse 8 (vishnu.6.6.8)

कृतध्वजस्य पुत्रोऽभूत् ख्यातः केशिध्वजो द्विज । पुत्रोऽमितध्वजस्यापि खाण्डिक्यजनकोऽभवत्

kṛtadhvajasya putro 'bhūt khyātaḥ keśidhvajo dvija putro 'mitadhvajasyāpi khāṇḍikyajanako 'bhavat

O twice-born, the son of Kritadhvaja was the renowned Keshidhvaja; and the son of Amitadhvaja was Khandikya-Janaka.

Verse 9 (vishnu.6.6.9)

कर्ममार्गेऽति खाण्डिक्यः पृथिव्यामभवत् कृती । केशिध्वजोऽप्यतीवासीदात्मविद्याविशारदः

karmamārge 'ti khāṇḍikyaḥ pṛthivyām abhavat kṛtī keśidhvajo 'py atīvāsīd ātmavidyāviśāradaḥ

Khandikya became, on this earth, an accomplished master of the path of ritual action; and Keshidhvaja, in turn, became exceedingly skilled in the knowledge of the Self.

Verse 10 (vishnu.6.6.10)

तावुभावपि चैवास्तां विजिगीषू परस्परम् । केशिध्वजेन खाण्डिक्यः स्वराज्यादवरोपितः

tāv ubhāv api caivāstāṁ vijigīṣū parasparam keśidhvajena khāṇḍikyaḥ svarājyād avaropitaḥ

Both of these two sought to conquer the other; and Khandikya was driven from his own kingdom by Keshidhvaja.

Verse 11 (vishnu.6.6.11)

पुरोधसा मन्त्रिभिश् च समवेतोऽल्पसाधनः । राज्यान् निराकृतः सोऽथ दुर्गारण्यचरोऽभवत्

purodhasā mantribhiś ca samaveto 'lpasādhanaḥ rājyān nirākṛtaḥ so 'tha durgāraṇyacaro 'bhavat

Accompanied by his family priest and his ministers, with scant resources, driven out from his kingdom, he then became a wanderer in a dense, impenetrable forest.

Verse 12 (vishnu.6.6.12)

इयाज सोऽपि सुबहून् यज्ञाञ् /ज्ञानव्यपाश्रयः । ब्रह्मविद्यामधिष्ठाय तर्तुं मृत्युमविद्यया

iyāja so 'pi subahūn yajñāñ /jñānavyapāśrayaḥ brahmavidyām adhiṣṭhāya tartuṁ mṛtyum avidyayā

He, relying on knowledge and established in the wisdom of Brahman, performed very many sacrifices in order to cross over death through the path of ritual action.

Verse 13 (vishnu.6.6.13)

एकदा वर्तमानस्य यागे योगविदां वर । धर्मधेनुं जघानोग्रः शार्दूलो विजने वने

ekadā vartamānasya yāge yogavidāṁ vara dharmadhenuṁ jaghānograḥ śārdūlo vijane vane

O best of those versed in yoga, once, while Khandikya was engaged in that sacrifice, a fierce tiger, in the lonely forest, killed the sacrificial "dharma-cow."

Verse 14 (vishnu.6.6.14)

ततो राजा हतां ज्ञात्वा धेनुं व्याघ्रेण ऋत्विजः । प्रायश्चित्तं स पप्रच्छ किमत्रेति विधीयते

tato rājā hatāṁ jñātvā dhenuṁ vyāghreṇa ṛtvijaḥ prāyaścittaṁ sa papraccha kim atreti vidhīyate

Then the king, learning that the cow had been killed by the tiger, asked the officiating priests: "What penance is prescribed for this?"

Verse 15 (vishnu.6.6.15)

ते चोचुर् न वयं विद्मः कशेरुः पृच्छ्यतामिति । कशेरुरपि तेनोक्तस् तथेति प्राह भार्गवम्

te cocur na vayaṁ vidmaḥ kaśeruḥ pṛcchyatām iti kaśerur api tenoktas tatheti prāha bhārgavam

They said: "We do not know; ask Kaseru." Kaseru, when questioned by him, said "so be it" and directed him to Bhargava.

Verse 16 (vishnu.6.6.16)

शुनकं पृच्छ राजेन्द्र नाहं वेद्मि स वेत्स्यति । स गत्वा तमपृच्छच् च सोऽप्याह शृणु यन् मुने

śunakaṁ pṛccha rājendra nāhaṁ vedmi sa vetsyati sa gatvā tam apṛcchac ca so 'py āha śṛṇu yan mune

"Ask Shunaka, O lord of kings; I myself do not know, but he will know." He went and questioned him, and Shunaka too said: "Hear, O sage, what I have to say —

Verse 17 (vishnu.6.6.17)

न कशेरुर् न चैवाहं न चान्यः साम्प्रतं भुवि । वेत्त्येक एव त्वच्छत्रुः खाण्डिक्यो यो जितस् त्वया

na kaśerur na caivāhaṁ na cānyaḥ sāmprataṁ bhuvi vetty eka eva tvacchatruḥ khāṇḍikyo yo jitas tvayā

— neither Kaseru, nor I, nor anyone else now living on this earth knows it; the only one who knows is your very enemy Khandikya, whom you have conquered."

Verse 18 (vishnu.6.6.18)

स चाह तं प्रयाम्येष प्रष्टुमात्मरिपुं मुने । प्राप्त एव मया यज्ञो यदि मां स हनिष्यति

sa cāha taṁ prayāmy eṣa praṣṭum ātmaripuṁ mune prāpta eva mayā yajño yadi māṁ sa haniṣyati

And he said: "Sage, I will go to ask my own enemy this question; even if he should kill me for it, I shall already have gained the merit of the sacrifice.

Verse 19 (vishnu.6.6.19)

प्रायश्चित्तं स चेत् पृष्टो वदिष्यति रिपुर् मम । ततश् चाविकलो यागो मुनिश्रेष्ठ भविष्यति

prāyaścittaṁ sa cet pṛṣṭo vadiṣyati ripur mama tataś cāvikalo yāgo muniśreṣṭha bhaviṣyati

But if my enemy, once asked, tells me the penance, then, O foremost of sages, my sacrifice will be rendered whole and flawless."

Verse 20 (vishnu.6.6.20)

पराशर उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा रथमारुह्य कृष्णाजिनधरो नृपः । वनं जगाम यत्रास्ते खाण्डिक्यः स महामतिः

parāśara uvāca ity uktvā ratham āruhya kṛṣṇājinadharo nṛpaḥ vanaṁ jagāma yatrāste khāṇḍikyaḥ sa mahāmatiḥ

Parashara said: Having said this, the king, clad in a garment of black antelope skin, mounted his chariot and set out for the forest where the great-minded Khandikya dwelt.

Verse 21 (vishnu.6.6.21)

तमायान्तं समालोक्य खाण्डिक्यो रिपुमात्मनः । प्रोवाच क्रोधताम्राक्षः समारोपितकार्मुकः

tam āyāntaṁ samālokya khāṇḍikyo ripum ātmanaḥ provāca krodhatāmrākṣaḥ samāropitakārmukaḥ

Seeing his own enemy approaching, Khandikya, his eyes red with fury, raised his bow and spoke to him.

Verse 22 (vishnu.6.6.22)

खाण्डिक्य उवाच । कृष्णाजिनं त्वं कवचमाबध्यास्मान् निहंस्यसि । कृष्णाजिनधरे वेत्सि न मयि प्रहरिष्यति

khāṇḍikya uvāca kṛṣṇājinaṁ tvaṁ kavacam ābadhyāsmān nihaṁsyasi kṛṣṇājinadhare vetsi na mayi prahariṣyati

Khandikya said: "You have bound on that black antelope skin as armor, meaning to strike us down — thinking that I would never strike a man who wears the deerskin!

Verse 23 (vishnu.6.6.23)

मृगाणां वद पृष्ठेषु मूढ कृष्णाजिनं न किम् । येषां मया त्वया चोग्राः प्रहिताः शितसायकाः

mṛgāṇāṁ vada pṛṣṭheṣu mūḍha kṛṣṇājinaṁ na kim yeṣāṁ mayā tvayā cogrāḥ prahitāḥ śitasāyakāḥ

Fool, tell me — does not the black antelope skin grow on the very backs of the deer at which both you and I have loosed our sharp and terrible arrows?

Verse 24 (vishnu.6.6.24)

स त्वामहं हनिष्यामि न मे जीवन् विमोक्ष्यसे । आतताय्यसि दुर्बुद्धे मम राज्यहरो रिपुः

sa tvām ahaṁ haniṣyāmi na me jīvan vimokṣyase ātatāyy asi durbuddhe mama rājyaharo ripuḥ

I shall slay you; you will not escape me alive. You are an aggressor, evil-minded one, my enemy who robbed me of my kingdom."

Verse 25 (vishnu.6.6.25)

केशिध्वज उवाच । खाण्डिक्य संशयं प्रष्टुं भवन्तमहमागतः । न त्वां हन्तुं विचार्यैतत् कोपं बाणं विमुञ्च वा

keśidhvaja uvāca khāṇḍikya saṁśayaṁ praṣṭuṁ bhavantam aham āgataḥ na tvāṁ hantuṁ vicāryaitat kopaṁ bāṇaṁ vimuñca vā

Keshidhvaja said: "Khandikya, I have come to ask you about a doubt of mine, not to kill you. Consider this well — and then release either your anger or your arrow, as you choose."

Verse 26 (vishnu.6.6.26)

पराशर उवाच । ततः स मन्त्रिभिः सार्धमेकान्ते सपुरोहितैः । मन्त्रयामास खाण्डिक्यः सर्वैरेव महामतिः

parāśara uvāca tataḥ sa mantribhiḥ sārdham ekānte sapurohitaiḥ mantrayām āsa khāṇḍikyaḥ sarvair eva mahāmatiḥ

Parashara said: Then the great-minded Khandikya withdrew apart and took counsel with all his ministers, together with his priest.

Verse 27 (vishnu.6.6.27)

तमूचुर् मन्त्रिणो वध्यो रिपुरेष वशं गतः । हते तु पृथिवी सर्वा तव वश्या भविष्यति

tam ūcur mantriṇo vadhyo ripur eṣa vaśaṁ gataḥ hate tu pṛthivī sarvā tava vaśyā bhaviṣyati

The ministers said to him: "This enemy of yours, now fallen into your power, deserves death; and once he is slain, the whole earth will come under your sway."

Verse 28 (vishnu.6.6.28)

खाण्डिक्यश् चाह तान् सर्वानेवमेतन् न संशयः । हते तु पृथिवी सर्वा मम वश्या भविष्यति

khāṇḍikyaś cāha tān sarvān evam etan na saṁśayaḥ hate tu pṛthivī sarvā mama vaśyā bhaviṣyati

And Khandikya said to them all: "This is true; there is no doubt of it — once he is killed, the whole earth will indeed become mine.

Verse 29 (vishnu.6.6.29)

परलोकजयस् तस्य पृथिवी सकला मम । न हन्मि चेल् लोकजयो मम त्वस्य वसुंधरा

paralokajayas tasya pṛthivī sakalā mama na hanmi cel lokajayo mama tv asya vasuṁdharā

If I kill him, the conquest of the world beyond will be his, and the whole earth will be mine; but if I do not kill him, the conquest of that world will be mine, while this earth remains his.

Verse 30 (vishnu.6.6.30)

परलोकजयोऽनन्तः स्वल्पकालो महीजयः । तस्मादेनं न हनिष्ये यत् पृच्छति वदामि तत्

paralokajayo 'nantaḥ svalpakālo mahījayaḥ tasmād enaṁ na haniṣye yat pṛcchati vadāmi tat

The conquest of the world beyond is unending; the conquest of the earth lasts only a short while. Therefore I shall not kill him — whatever he asks, I shall tell him."

Verse 31 (vishnu.6.6.31)

पराशर उवाच । ततस् तमभ्युपेत्याह खाण्डिक्यजनको रिपुम् । प्रष्टव्यं यत् त्वया सर्वं तत् पृच्छस्व वदाम्यहम्

parāśara uvāca tatas tam abhyupetyāha khāṇḍikyajanako ripum praṣṭavyaṁ yat tvayā sarvaṁ tat pṛcchasva vadāmy aham

Parashara said: Then Khandikya-Janaka approached his enemy and said: "Whatever you wish to ask me, ask it now; I shall answer."

Verse 32 (vishnu.6.6.32)

ततः सर्वं यथावृत्तं धर्मधेनुवधं द्विज । कथयित्वा स पप्रच्छ प्रायश्चित्तं हि तद्गतम्

tataḥ sarvaṁ yathāvṛttaṁ dharmadhenuvadhaṁ dvija kathayitvā sa papraccha prāyaścittaṁ hi tadgatam

Then, O twice-born, having related the whole matter exactly as it had happened — the killing of the dharma-cow — he asked him about the penance appropriate to it.

Verse 33 (vishnu.6.6.33)

स चाचष्ट यथान्यायं द्विज केशिध्वजाय तत् । प्रायश्चित्तमशेषेण यद् वै तत्र विधीयते

sa cācaṣṭa yathānyāyaṁ dvija keśidhvajāya tat prāyaścittam aśeṣeṇa yad vai tatra vidhīyate

And, O twice-born, he told Keshidhvaja, in due order and in full, the entire penance that is indeed prescribed for such a case.

Verse 34 (vishnu.6.6.34)

विदितार्थः स तेनैव अनुज्ञातो महात्मना । यागभूमिमुपागम्य चक्रे सर्वाः क्रियाः क्रमात्

viditārthaḥ sa tenaiva anujñāto mahātmanā yāgabhūmim upāgamya cakre sarvāḥ kriyāḥ kramāt

Having thus learned what he sought, and taking leave of that great soul, he returned to the sacrificial ground and performed all the rites in their proper order.

Verse 35 (vishnu.6.6.35)

क्रमेण विधिवद् यागं नीत्वा सोऽवभृथाप्लुतः । कृतकृत्यस् ततो भूत्वा चिन्तयामास पार्थिवः

krameṇa vidhivad yāgaṁ nītvā so 'vabhṛthāplutaḥ kṛtakṛtyas tato bhūtvā cintayām āsa pārthivaḥ

Having thus duly brought the sacrifice through to completion according to rule, and having bathed in the concluding avabhritha rite, the king, his task now fulfilled, fell to reflecting.

Verse 36 (vishnu.6.6.36)

पूजिता ऋत्विजः सर्वे सदस्या मानिता मया । तथैवार्थिजनोऽप्यर्थैर् योजितोऽभिमतैर् मया

pūjitā ṛtvijaḥ sarve sadasyā mānitā mayā tathaivārthijano 'py arthair yojito 'bhimatair mayā

"All the officiating priests have been honored by me, and the assembly's members shown due respect; and likewise all who came seeking have been furnished by me with the wealth they desired.

Verse 37 (vishnu.6.6.37)

यथार्हमत्र लोकस्य मया सर्वं विचेष्टितम् । अनिष्पन्नक्रियं चेतस् तथापि मम किं यथा

yathārham atra lokasya mayā sarvaṁ viceṣṭitam aniṣpannakriyaṁ cetas tathāpi mama kiṁ yathā

I have done everything here that was fitting, as the occasion required; and yet my mind feels as though some task remains unfinished — how can that be?"

Verse 38 (vishnu.6.6.38)

इत्थं संचिन्तयन्नेव सस्मार स महीपतिः । खाण्डिक्याय न दत्तेति मया वै गुरुदक्षिणा

itthaṁ saṁcintayann eva sasmāra sa mahīpatiḥ khāṇḍikyāya na datteti mayā vai gurudakṣiṇā

Reflecting in this way, the king suddenly remembered: "I have never given Khandikya the teacher's fee that is his due!"

Verse 39 (vishnu.6.6.39)

स जगाम ततो भूयो रथमारुह्य पार्थिवः । मैत्रेय दुर्गगहनं खाण्डिक्यो यत्र संस्थितः

sa jagāma tato bhūyo ratham āruhya pārthivaḥ maitreya durgagahanaṁ khāṇḍikyo yatra saṁsthitaḥ

Maitreya, the king then mounted his chariot once again and set off for that same impenetrable, dense forest where Khandikya dwelt.

Verse 40 (vishnu.6.6.40)

खाण्डिक्योऽपि पुनर् दृष्ट्वा तमायान्तं धृतायुधः । तस्थौ हन्तुं कृतमतिस् तमाह स पुनर् नृपः

khāṇḍikyo 'pi punar dṛṣṭvā tam āyāntaṁ dhṛtāyudhaḥ tasthau hantuṁ kṛtamatis tam āha sa punar nṛpaḥ

Khandikya too, seeing him coming once more, took up his weapon and stood ready, resolved to kill him; and the king spoke to him again.

Verse 41 (vishnu.6.6.41)

भो नाहं तेऽपकाराय प्राप्तः खाण्डिक्य मा क्रुधः । गुरोर् निष्क्रयदानाय मामवेहि त्वमागतम्

bho nāhaṁ te 'pakārāya prāptaḥ khāṇḍikya mā krudhaḥ guror niṣkrayadānāya mām avehi tvam āgatam

"Khandikya, I have not come to harm you — do not be angry. Know that I have come only to discharge the debt I owe my teacher.

Verse 42 (vishnu.6.6.42)

निष्पादितो मया यागः सम्यक् त्वदुपदेशतः । सोऽहं ते दातुमिच्छामि वृणुष्व गुरुदक्षिणाम्

niṣpādito mayā yāgaḥ samyak tvadupadeśataḥ so 'haṁ te dātum icchāmi vṛṇuṣva gurudakṣiṇām

By your instruction, my sacrifice has been fully and properly accomplished; and now I wish to give you your due — name your teacher's fee."

Verse 43 (vishnu.6.6.43)

पराशर उवाच । भूयः स मन्त्रिभिः सार्धं मन्त्रयामास पार्थिवः । गुरुनिष्कृतिकामोऽत्र किमयं प्रार्थ्यतामिति

parāśara uvāca bhūyaḥ sa mantribhiḥ sārdhaṁ mantrayām āsa pārthivaḥ guruniṣkṛtikāmo 'tra kim ayaṁ prārthyatām iti

Parashara said: Once again the king took counsel with his ministers: "This man wishes to repay his debt to his teacher — what should be asked of him for it?"

Verse 44 (vishnu.6.6.44)

तमूचुर् मन्त्रिणो राज्यमशेषं प्रार्थ्यतामयम् । कृतिभिः प्रार्थ्यते राज्यमनायासितसैनिकैः

tam ūcur mantriṇo rājyam aśeṣaṁ prārthyatām ayam kṛtibhiḥ prārthyate rājyam anāyāsitasainikaiḥ

The ministers said to him: "Ask him for the whole kingdom; for clever men obtain a kingdom this way without even having to exhaust an army for it."

Verse 45 (vishnu.6.6.45)

प्रहस्य तानाह नृपः स खाण्डिक्यो महामतिः । स्वल्पकालं महीराज्यं मादृशैः प्रार्थ्यते कथम्

prahasya tān āha nṛpaḥ sa khāṇḍikyo mahāmatiḥ svalpakālaṁ mahīrājyaṁ mādṛśaiḥ prārthyate katham

The great-minded King Khandikya laughed and said to them: "How could a man like myself ask for a kingdom of the earth, which lasts only a little while?

Verse 46 (vishnu.6.6.46)

एवमेतद् भवन्तोऽत्र अर्थसाधनमन्त्रिणः । परमार्थः कथं कोऽत्र यूयं नात्र विचक्षणाः

evam etad bhavanto 'tra arthasādhanamantriṇaḥ paramārthaḥ kathaṁ ko 'tra yūyaṁ nātra vicakṣaṇāḥ

This is exactly so; you here are ministers skilled only in the pursuit of worldly advantage — but as to what the true and highest good is in this matter, you are not wise at all."

Verse 47 (vishnu.6.6.47)

पराशर उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा समुपेत्यैनं स तु केशिध्वजं नृपम् । उवाच किमवश्यं त्वं ददासि गुरुदक्षिणाम्

parāśara uvāca ity uktvā samupetyainaṁ sa tu keśidhvajaṁ nṛpam uvāca kim avaśyaṁ tvaṁ dadāsi gurudakṣiṇām

Parashara said: Having said this, he approached King Keshidhvaja and said to him: "Will you truly give me whatever I ask as my teacher's fee?"

Verse 48 (vishnu.6.6.48)

बाढमित्येव तेनोक्तः खाण्डिक्यस् तमथाब्रवीत् । भवानध्यात्मविज्ञानपरमार्थविचक्षणः

bāḍham ity eva tenoktaḥ khāṇḍikyas tam athābravīt bhavān adhyātmavijñānaparamārthavicakṣaṇaḥ

When he had simply answered, "Yes, certainly," Khandikya then said to him: "You are skilled in the highest truth of spiritual knowledge.

Verse 49 (vishnu.6.6.49)

यदि चेद् दीयते मह्यं भवता गुरुनिष्क्रयः । तत् क्लेशप्रशमायालं यत् कर्म तदुदीरय

yadi ced dīyate mahyaṁ bhavatā guruniṣkrayaḥ tat kleśapraśamāyālaṁ yat karma tad udīraya

If the teacher's fee is indeed to be given to me by you, then tell me that discipline which is sufficient to bring all suffering to an end."