एतेऽष्टौ मन्त्रिणः प्रोक्ताः समनीरागचेतसः । जीवन्मुक्ता महात्मानो यथाप्राप्तानुवर्तिनः ॥ २९ ॥
ētē’ṣṭau mantriṇaḥ prōktāḥ samanīrāgacētasaḥ | jīvanmuktā mahātmānō yathāprāptānuvartinaḥ || 29 ||
Translation
these eight are called the ministers. Even-minded and free of passion, they were great souls liberated while living, who simply went along with whatever came to them.
Word by word
- ētē
- these
- aṣṭau
- eight
- mantriṇaḥ
- ministers
- prōktāḥ
- are called
- sama
- even
- nīrāga
- free of passion
- cētasaḥ
- minded
- jīvanmuktāḥ
- liberated while living
- mahātmānaḥ
- great souls
- yathā
- whatever
- prāpta
- came
- anuvartinaḥ
- going along with
Meaning
Yathāprāptānuvartin, "going along with whatever has come", is the mark of one free while living: acting fully in what life brings, wanting nothing more and refusing nothing.