यच्छ्रोतव्यमथो जप्यं यत्कर्तव्यं नृभिः प्रभो ।
स्मर्तव्यं भजनीयं वा ब्रूहि यद्वा विपर्ययम् ॥ ३८ ॥
yac chrotavyam atho japyam
yat kartavyam nrbhih prabho
yat-whatever; srotavyam-worth hearing; atho-thereof; japyam-chanted; yat-what also; kartavyam-executed; nrbhih-by the people in general; prabho-O master; smartavyam-that which is remembered; bhajaniyam-worshipable; va-either; bruhi-please explain; yadva-what it may be; viparyayam-against the principle.
Please let me know what a man should hear, chant, remember and worship, and also what he should not do. Please explain all this to me.