Question and answer 24
In plain words
Disciple: What are the outer and inner means to this knowledge?
Guru: Karma and upāsanā done without desire, sacrifice and the rest, are the outer means. Discrimination and the other three, hearing and the other two, and the sifting of the meanings of the words 'tat' and 'tvam', eight in all, are the inner means. The great saying 'That you are', received through the ear, is the immediate inner means.
Word for word
Disciple: The outer and inner means of this knowledge, what are they?
Guru: Desireless karma such as sacrifice, and upāsanā, are the outer means. Discrimination and the rest, four; hearing and the rest, three; the sifting of the meanings of the words 'tat' and 'tvam', one; in all the eight are the inner means. The great saying 'That you are', connected with the ear, itself is the immediate inner means.