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यद्विश्वरूपविपरीतरूपं ब्रह्म तदर्थमुक्तं वेदेन ।किं तपः कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादि, इज्या ज्योतिष्टोमादि ।किं ततो भवतीति चेत्—ताभ्याम् इज्यातपोभ्याम् असौ विद्वान् पूर्वोक्तविनियोगज्ञः ईश्वरार्थं कर्मानुतिष्ठन् पुण्यम् उपैति प्राप्नोति
In plain words
Brahman is the reverse of everything the world shows you: where the world is form upon form, Brahman is none of it — and that is what the Veda is speaking for. What does tapas mean here? The kṛcchra fast, the cāndrāyaṇa, and the rest of them. And ijyā? The jyotiṣṭoma and the great rites like it. Then someone asks: and what comes of all that? This: by those two, by sacrifice and by austerity, the one who knows — who understands the purpose of each act, as already explained — performs the action for the Lord and not for himself, and he attains merit. Attains, that is, simply reaches it.
Close to the Sanskrit
That Brahman whose nature is the reverse of the world's many forms — for the sake of that, it has been declared by the Veda. What is tapas? The kṛcchra, the cāndrāyaṇa, and the rest. Ijyā is the jyotiṣṭoma and the rest. If it be asked, 'What comes of that?' — by those two, by sacrifice and austerity, this knower, who knows the application already stated, performing action for the Lord's sake, attains — that is, obtains — merit.