व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे ।
तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् ॥2॥
vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me
tadekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo’hamāpnuyām
With this apparently perplexing speech you confuse, as it were, my understanding; therefore, tell me that one way by which I for certain may attain the Highest.
vyāmiśreṇa = by equivocal; iva = certainly; vākyena = words; buddhiṃ = intelligence; mohayasi = You are bewildering; iva = certainly; me = my; tat = therefore; ekaṃ = only one; vada = please tell; niścitya = ascertaining; yena = by which; śreyaḥ = real benefit; ahaṃ = I; āpnuyāṃ = may have.;