citraketuh uvaca—King Citraketu replied; bhagavan—O most powerful sage; kim—what; na—not; viditam—is understood; tapah—by austerity; jnana—knowledge; samadhibhih—and by samadhi (trance, transcendental meditation); yoginam—by the great yogis or devotees; dhvasta-papanam—who are fully freed from all sinful reactions; bahih—externally; antah—internally; saririsu—in conditioned souls, who have material bodies.