क्षीणायां वासनायां तु चेतो गलति सत्वरम् । क्षीणायां शीतसंतत्यां ब्रह्मन् हिमकणो यथा ॥ ९ ॥
kṣīṇāyāṁ vāsanāyāṁ tu cētō galati satvaram | kṣīṇāyāṁ śītasaṁtatyāṁ brahman himakaṇō yathā || 9 ||
Translation
When the vāsanā has wasted away, the mind melts quickly, O sage, as a snowflake does when the spell of cold is over.
Word by word
- kṣīṇāyāṁ
- has wasted away
- vāsanāyāṁ
- when the vāsanā
- tu
- and
- cētō
- (cetaḥ) the mind
- galati
- melts
- satvaram
- quickly
- śīta
- of cold
- saṁtatyāṁ
- when the spell
- brahman
- (brahman) O sage
- hima
- snow
- kaṇō
- (kaṇaḥ) a flake
- yathā
- as
Meaning
One might object that as long as a mind remains, it will breed new vāsanās and new bondage. The answer is that the mind is nothing but a mass of vāsanās; when they waste away, nothing is left to hold it together, and it dissolves as surely as snow when the cold that kept it frozen has passed.