Key Concepts : Restraint over senses, Inner Affluence

Meaning : When the worldliness is kept away, the mind becomes placid; and placidity of the mind leads to the vision of the Supreme Self. When ‘That‘ is well realized, all worldly bondages fall off. Hence the withdrawal from worldliness is the footstep for liberation.

Key Concepts : Desirelessness, Wholesome Devotion

Meaning : I do not entertain any desire for liberation. Nor do I have any desire for worldly prosperity. O Goddess with moonlike countenance! Neither do I crave for attaining spiritual wisdom, nor happiness. Hence, O Mother, I beseech you in full humility, grant that my lifetime here be spent uttering solely your names like "Mṛḍānī (Parvati), Rudrāṇī (Durga), Śiva Śiva, Bhavānī, and those alone.

Key Concepts : Qualities of a Knower, How to approach a Knower

Meaning : He who is well-verserd in scriptures, who is taintless and pure, who is free from desires, who is a Knower of Brahman of the highest order, who has withdrawn into the Supreme, who is peaceful like fire that is devoid of fuel, who is an ocean of mercy that needs no cause for its expression, and he who is a friend to those good people who surrender to him.

Worshipping such a Guru with devotion, and when that Guru is pleased with one’s surrender, humility and service, approaching him, one should ask about all that is to be known.