Verse 16

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। ॥ १६ ॥

In plain words

One who meditates in the mind for half a blink on his form—moon-crested, bearing the vīṇā, camphor-hued, book in hand, lotus-eyed—at once becomes wise. I contemplate him, inward-facing and south-faced.

Close to the Sanskrit

One would at once become wise by meditating in the mind, for half a blink, on whose form—moon-crested, bearing the vīṇā, camphor-hued, book in hand, lotus-eyed; him, the inward-facing, south-faced one, I contemplate.