अतो विमुक्त्यै प्रयतेत विद्वा -न्संन्यस्तबाह्यार्थसुखस्पृहः सन् ।सन्तं महान्तं समुपेत्य देशिकंतेनोपदिष्टार्थसमाहितात्मा ॥ ८ ॥
In plain words
So let the discerning person work for freedom, having put down the craving for pleasure in outward things. Go to a true and great teacher, and let your whole attention rest on the meaning they teach.
Close to the Sanskrit
Therefore let the one who knows strive for complete release, having laid down all craving for pleasure in outward things; and having approached a true and great teacher, let him be one whose mind is settled wholly on the meaning taught by him.