अथातो भक्तिजिज्ञासा
Now, therefore, inquiry into devotion.
सा परानुरक्तिरीश्वरे
That is supreme attachment to the Lord.
तत्संस्थस्यामृतत्वोपदेशात्
Because of the teaching that immortality belongs to one established in That.
ज्ञानमिति चेन्न द्विषतोऽपि ज्ञानस्य तदसंस्थिते:
If it is said to be knowledge, not so; for even the hostile possess knowledge, but not establishment in That.
तयोपक्षयाच्च
And because of its diminution.
द्वेषप्रतिपक्षभावाद्रसशब्दाच्च राग:
Attachment arises from the presence of the opposite of hatred, and from the word 'taste'.
न क्रिया कृत्यनपेक्षणाज्ज्ञानवत्
Not action, since it does not depend on what ought to be done, as with knowledge.
अत एव फ़लानन्त्यम्
Therefore, its fruit is endless.
तद्वत: प्रपत्तिशब्दाच्च न ज्ञानमितरप्रपत्तिवत्
Likewise: because of the term 'surrender', knowledge is not like other forms of surrender.
सा मुख्येतरापेक्षितत्वात्
It is primary, because others depend on it.
प्रकरणाच्च
And because of the context.
दर्शनफ़लमिति चेन्न तेन व्यवधानात्
If it is said to be the fruit of vision, not so; for there is an interval.
दृष्टत्वाच्च
And because it is seen.
अत एव तदभावाद्बल्लवीनाम्
Therefore, because of its absence among the cowherd women.
भक्त्या जानातीति चेन्नाभिज्ञप्त्या साहाय्यात्
If it is said that one knows through devotion, not so; for it is aided by recognition.
प्रागुक्तं च
And as previously stated.
एतेन विकल्पोऽपि प्रयुक्त:
By this, even the alternative is addressed.
देवभक्तिरितरस्मिन् साहचर्यात्
Devotion to the gods, in the other case, is due to association.
योगस्तूभयार्थमपेक्षणात् प्रयाजवत्
Yoga, however, is for both purposes, because of its being regarded as such, like the preliminary offerings.
गौण्या तु समाधिसिद्धि:
But through the secondary (means), perfection in concentration is attained.