The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Śrī gurvaṣṭakam (guru aṣṭakam)

Verse 9

गुरोरष्टकं यः पठेत्पुरायदेहीयतिर्भूपतिर्ब्रह्मचारी च गेही ।लमेद्वाच्छिताथं पदं ब्रह्मसञ्ज्ञंगुरोरुक्तवाक्ये मनो यस्य लग्नम् ॥ 9 ॥

In plain words

Whoever recites this Guru's Octad — monk, king, student, householder, the body itself made holy by the saying of it — reaches the very thing he longed for: the state that goes by the name Brahman. The one, that is, whose mind stays fastened to the words his Guru spoke.

Close to the Sanskrit

Whoever, with a body made holy, should recite this Octad of the Guru — ascetic, king of the earth, brahmacārī, and householder — he would obtain the desired goal, the state named Brahman: he whose mind is fastened upon the word spoken by the Guru.