Verse 288

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। ॥ २८८ ॥

In plain words

This body — born out of your parents' bodily secretions, made of flesh and impurity — hold it at arm's length, as one keeps an outcaste at a distance. Become Brahman, and be fulfilled.

Close to the Sanskrit

Having set at a distance this body, born from the impurities of mother and father, consisting of impurity and flesh — kept apart as one keeps apart from an outcaste — having become Brahman, be fulfilled.