। ॥ ७२ ॥
In plain words
Told the way by people who are at home in that country, he now knows and no longer doubts what he knows; so he moves on from one village to the next, sharp-minded, holding to the road.
Close to the Sanskrit
He, instructed by those settled in their own place, and learned, of ascertained nature, would go from village to another village — intelligent, intent on the road.