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आस्तीर्य दर्भैः प्रागग्रैः कार्त्स्न्येन क्षितिमण्डलम् ।
स्तब्धो बृहद्वधान्मानी कर्म नावैषि यत्परम् ।
तत्कर्म हरितोषं यत् सा विद्या तन्मतिर्यया ॥ ४९ ॥
 
astirya darbhaih prag-agraih
kartsnyena ksiti-mandalam
stabdho brhad-vadhan mani
karma navaisi yat param
tat karma hari-tosam yat
sa vidya tan-matir yaya
astirya-having covered; darbhaih-by kusa grass; prak-agraih-with the points facing east; kartsnyena-altogether; ksiti-mandalam-the surface of the world; stabdhah-proud upstart; brhat-great; vadhat-by killing; mani-thinking yourself very important; karma-activity; na avaisi-you do not know; yat-which; param-supreme; tat-that; karma-activity; hari-tosam-satisfying the Supreme Lord; yat-which; sa-that; vidya-education; tat-unto the Lord; matih-consciousness; yaya-by which.