Word meanings
- indriyasya
- of the senses
- indriyasya arthe
- in the sense objects
- rāga
- attachment
- dveṣau
- aversion
- vyavasthitau
- situated
- tayoḥ
- of them
- na
- never
- vaśam
- be controlled
- āgacchet
- should become
- tau
- those
- hi
- certainly
- asya
- for him
- paripanthinau
- foes
Translations
Attachment and aversion for the objects of the senses abide in the senses; let no one come under their sway; for, they are his enemies.
The love and hate that are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them, as they only obstruct the path.
Attraction and repulsion are ordained with respect to the objects of all the organs. One should not be swayed by these two, as they are adversaries.
इन्द्रिय-इन्द्रियके अर्थमें (प्रत्येक इन्द्रियके प्रत्येक विषयमें) मनुष्यके राग और द्वेष व्यवस्थासे (अनुकूलता और प्रतिकूलताको लेकर) स्थित हैं। मनुष्यको उन दोनोंके वशमें नहीं होना चाहिये; क्योंकि वे दोनों ही इसके (पारमार्थिक मार्गमें विघ्न डालनेवाले) शत्रु हैं।Commentary
Each sense has got attraction for a pleasant object and aversion for a disagreeable object. If one can control these two currents, viz., attachment and aversion, he will not come under the sway of these two currents. Here lies the scope for personal exertion or Purushartha. Nature which contains the sum total of ones Samskaras or the latent selfproductive impressions of the past actions of merit and demerit draws a man to its course through the two currents, attachment and aversion.
If one can control these two currents, if he can rise above the sway of love and hate through discrimination and Vichara or right eniry, he can coner Nature and attain immortality and eternal bliss. He willl no longer be subject to his own nature now. One should always exert to free himself from attachment and aversion to the objects of the senses.