US-P17.051ab ।US-P17.051cd ॥
In plain words
Seek a teacher who is peaceful, wise, liberated, actionless, and firmly established in Brahman. The Shruti declares that one who has a teacher knows that reality, and the Smriti confirms it when it says, “Know that.”
Close to the Sanskrit
One should approach a teacher who is peaceful, wise, liberated, actionless and established in Brahman, for śruti says, “one with a teacher knows,” and smṛti likewise says, “know that.”