What advice was he getting leading up to this day and on the day of?

在这一天之前和那天，他得到了什么建议?

What I've learned, being among the Samanas, up to this day, this, oh Govinda, I could have learned more quickly and by simpler means.

我在沙门中学到的东西，直到今天，这个，哦戈文达，我本可以通过更简单的方式更快地学习。