। ॥ ८८ ॥
In plain words
Knowing arrives by three routes, the teaching says: from scripture, from the teacher, and from yourself. Scripture comes first — the way you first hear that jaggery is sweet.
Close to the Sanskrit
Threefold is the knowing declared to be: from scripture, from the teacher, and likewise from the self. Among these, the knowing from scripture comes first — just as [one first hears] "jaggery is sweet."