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In plain words

This Jñāna—the knowledge that leads to Mokṣa—should be given again and again, until it is firmly grasped. It is given to a disciple who approaches in the prescribed way: detached from every impermanent means and result; free of desire for children, wealth, or other worlds; committed to the wandering life of a Paramahaṃsa; grounded in Śama, inner quiet, Dama, sense-restraint, compassion, and kindred virtues; pure, a Brāhmaṇa, and endowed with the qualities Śāstra requires of a student; and tested in birth, action, conduct, learning, and lineage.

Close to the Sanskrit

This Jñāna—knowledge, the means to Mokṣa—is to be imparted repeatedly until understanding becomes firm. It is for a disciple who has approached according to rule; is detached from everything impermanent that is both a means and a result; has abandoned the desires for sons, wealth, and worlds; has undertaken the wandering life of a Paramahaṃsa; is endowed with Śama, inner tranquility, Dama, sense-restraint, compassion, and the rest; possesses the qualities of a disciple known to Śāstra; is pure and a Brāhmaṇa; and has been examined as to birth, action, conduct, learning, and lineage.