पूर्णब्राह्मावधूतस्य सर्वकर्मण्यनधिकारःThe complete Brāhma avadhūta has no duty of any act
Verse 170
सदात्मभावसन्तुष्टः शोकमोहविवर्जितः । निर्निकेतस्तितिक्षुः स्यान्निःशङ्को निरुपद्रवः ॥ १७० ॥
sadātmabhāvasantuṣṭaḥ śōkamōhavivarjitaḥ | nirnikētastitikṣuḥ syānniḥśaṅkō nirupadravaḥ || 170 ||
Translation
Ever content in the thought of the Ātman, free of grief and delusion, without a home, enduring, he should be without fear, free from trouble.
Word by word
- sadā
- ever
- ātma
- (ātma) of the Ātman
- bhāva
- in the thought
- santuṣṭaḥ
- content
- śōka
- of grief
- mōha
- and delusion
- vivarjitaḥ
- free
- nirnikētas
- (nirniketaḥ) without a home
- titikṣuḥ
- enduring
- syān
- (syāt) he should be
- niḥśaṅkō
- (niḥśaṅkaḥ) without fear
- nirupadravaḥ
- free from trouble
Meaning
The commentary glosses "bhāva" as dwelling in thought, "nirniketa" as without a fixed, constant dwelling, and "titikṣu" as of an enduring nature.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Sadātma" and the rest. Bhāvaḥ: dwelling in thought. Nirniketaḥ: without a fixed, constant dwelling. Titikṣuḥ: of an enduring nature (verses 170 to 172).