Word meanings
- āpūryamāṇam
- filled from all sides
- acala-pratiṣṭham
- undisturbed
- samudram
- ocean
- āpaḥ
- waters
- praviśanti
- enter
- yadvat
- as
- tadvat
- likewise
- kāmāḥ
- desires
- yam
- whom
- praviśanti
- enter
- sarve
- all
- saḥ
- that person
- śāntim
- peace
- āpnoti
- attains
- na
- not
- kāma-kāmī
- one who strives to satisfy desires
Translations
He attains peace into whom all desires enter, just as waters enter the ocean which, filled from all sides, remains unmoved; but not the man who is full of desires.
He attains peace into whom desires flow as rivers into the ocean, which, though brimming with water, remains ever the same; not he whom desires carry away.
That man attains peace into whom all desires enter, just as waters flow into the sea that remains unchanged even when filled from all sides. Not so one who is desirous of objects.
जैसे सम्पूर्ण नदियोंका जल चारों ओरसे जलद्वारा परिपूर्ण समुद्रमें आकर मिलता है, पर समुद्र अपनी मर्यादामें अचल प्रतिष्ठित रहता है ऐसे ही सम्पूर्ण भोग-पदार्थ जिस संयमी मनुष्य को विकार उत्पन्न किये बिना ही उसको प्राप्त होते हैं, वही मनुष्य परमशान्तिको प्राप्त होता है, भोगोंकी कामनावाला नहीं।Commentary
Just as the ocean filled with waters from all sides remains unmoved, so also the sage who is resting in his own Svarupa or the Self is not a bit affected though desires of all sorts enter from all sides. The sage attains peace or liberation but not he who longs for objects of sensual enjoyment and entertains various desires. (Cf.XVIII.53-54).