। ॥ २५८ ॥
In plain words
Serve him. Keep at it — with devotion, with bows, with words that carry no arrogance. Then, when the teacher is glad, come close and ask him: what is there to be known about the Self?
Close to the Sanskrit
By service, always with devotion, with prostrations and with humble words, having approached the guru who has become gracious, what is to be known of the Self is to be asked.