Shloka
दुर्लभं त्रयमेवैतद्देवानुग्रहहेतुकम् ।मनुष्यत्वं मुमुक्षुत्वं महापुरुषसंश्रयः ॥ ३ ॥
durlabhaṃ trayamevaitaddevānugrahahetukam ;manuṣyatvaṃ mumukṣutvaṃ mahāpuruṣasaṃśrayaḥ . 3 .
Anvaya
- मनुष्यत्वंmanuṣyatvaṃ
- Human birth
- मुमुक्षुत्वंmumukṣutvaṃ
- desire for liberation
- महा–पुरुष–संश्रयःmahā–puruṣa–saṃśrayaḥ
- tutelage under an illumined teacher
- त्रयम् एतत्trayam etat
- these three
- दुर्लभंdurlabhaṃ
- very hard to get
- दैव–अनुग्रह–हेतुकम् एवdaiva–anugraha–hetukam eva
- they are only by the divine grace
Translation
The human life, the desire for liberation and tutelage under an illumined master – these three are hard to get; they are caused only by divine grace.