As a boat, that is tied to another bound for a different port, cannot take its passengers to the port they wish to reach, so ourselves, dragged by our acts due to past desires, can never cross the eternal river of birth and death. Describe to me this subject, O illustrious one! Teach me as a preceptor teaches a disciple.
नौ वीव निबद्धा हि स्रोतसा सनिबन्धना। ह्रियमाणा कथं विप्र कुबुद्धीस्तारयिष्यति। एतद् ब्रवीतु भगवानुपपन्नोऽस्म्यधीहि भोः॥