Devanagari
एवमात्मानमात्मस्थमात्मनैवामृश प्रभो ।
बुद्ध्यानुमानगर्भिण्या वासुदेवानुचिन्तया ॥ ९ ॥
Verse text
evam ātmānam ātma-stham
ātmanaivāmṛśa prabho
buddhyānumāna-garbhiṇyā
vāsudevānucintayā
Synonyms
evam
—
in this way
;
ātmānam
—
your true self
;
ātma
—
stham — situated within the bodily covering
;
ātmanā
—
with your mind
;
eva
—
indeed
;
āmṛśa
—
consider carefully
;
prabho
—
O master of the self (King Parīkṣit)
;
buddhyā
—
with intelligence
;
anumāna
—
garbhiṇyā — conceived by logic
;
vāsudeva
—
anucintayā — with meditation upon Lord Vāsudeva .
Translation
My dear King, by constantly meditating upon the Supreme Lord, Vāsudeva, and by applying clear and logical intelligence, you should carefully consider your true self and how it is situated within the material body.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O King! By constantly meditating upon Vāsudeva and by using the mind and intelligence for inferring the soul’s existence, you should carefully consider your true self situated within the material coverings.
Carefully consider by the mind (ātmanā) the soul situated in the upādhis such as the body, using inferences for the ātmā’s existence through intelligence, as well as meditation on Vāsudeva.