proktam

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम

proktam — is called

What is that Brahman? What is the self? What is action? What is called the ground of matter, and what the ground of the gods?

अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्

proktam — declared

constancy in knowledge of the self, and looking toward what knowledge is for — all this is called knowledge; what is otherwise is ignorance.

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्

proktam — is said

Austerity performed for the sake of respect, honour and reverence, and with show, is said here to be of restlessness — unsteady and impermanent.

सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ

proktam — is said to be

Now hear from me of the three kinds of happiness, best of the Bharatas.

यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्

proktam — is said

That which is like poison at first and like nectar in the end, born of the clarity of self-knowledge, is happiness of clarity.