नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्यो न मेधया न बहुना श्रुतेन । यमेवैष वृणुते तेन लभ्यः तस्यैष आत्मा विवृणुते तनूꣳ स्वाम् ॥ २३॥

nāyamātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na bahunā śrutena । yamevaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyaḥ tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūꣳ svām ॥ 23॥

ayam = this; ātmā = Supreme being; na labhyaḥ = cannot be attained (known); pravacanena = through discourse; na medhayā = neither through intellectual reasoning; na bahuna śrutena = neither by much listening; yam eva= he whom; eṣa vṛṇute = this One chooses; tena labhyaḥ = by him is He attained; eṣa ātmā = this Supreme Being; tasya = to him; vivṛṇute = he reveals; svām tanuṁ = His own nature.