Sadhana Panchakam Adi Shankaracharya Word by Word meanings

Seek the company of the wise and establish firm devotion to the Lord. Cultivate tranquillity and the other disciplines of the mind, and decisively renounce binding action. Approach a competent teacher, serve and honour the teacher daily, inquire into Brahman symbolized by Om, and listen attentively to the great Upaniṣadic declarations.