Asked by me, tell me by what means can Brahma be known. Is it by penance, by Brahmacharya, by renunciation of everything, by intelligence, by help of the Sankhya philosophy, or by the Yoga?
तवयस ब्रह्मचर्येण सर्वत्यागेन मेधया। सांख्ये वा यदि वा योग एतत् पृष्टो वदस्व मे॥