Verse 2.1.45

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.45:

स निर्विद्य गतः काशीं ददर्श बहु-देश-जान् ।
यति-प्रायान् जनांस् तत्रा-द्वैत-व्याख्या-विवादिनः ॥ ४५ ॥

sa nirvidya gataḥ kāśīṃ dadarśa bahu-deśa-jān |
yati-prāyān janāṃs tatrā-dvaita-vyākhyā-vivādinaḥ || 45 ||

saḥ–he; nirvidya–indifferent; gataḥ–went; kāśīm–to Śrī Śiva’s abode, Kāśī; dadarśa–he saw; bahu-deśa-jān–people from different countries; yati–renunciants; prāyān–mostly; janān–people; tatra–there; advaita–of nondual monism; vyākhyā–the various explanations; vivādinaḥ–debating.

Finally, becoming disinterested in those ritualistic activities, the brāhmaṇa went to the sacred abode of Kāśī. There, he met many sannyāsīs who had come from different countries. These sannyāsīs were engaged in debating the various explanations of advaita-vāda, the theory of monism.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Śrī Parīkṣit says, “Developing disinterest in executing those ritualistic activities, the brāhmaṇa went to Kāśī. There, he met many persons from various countries who looked like renunciants, or sannyāsīs. They would argue about the different explanations of the impersonal aspect of the Absolute Brahman, deliberating on the different interpretations of the doctrine of advaita-vāda.”