ते महान्तो महाप्राज्ञा निमित्तेन विनैव हि । वैराग्यं जायते येषां तेषां ह्यमलमानसम् ॥ २४ ॥
tē mahāntō mahāprājñā nimittēna vinaiva hi | vairāgyaṁ jāyatē yēṣāṁ tēṣāṁ hyamalamānasam || 24 ||
Translation
They are the great ones, the deeply wise, in whom dispassion arises without any occasion. Their minds are without stain.
Word by word
- tē
- they
- mahāntō
- (mahāntaḥ) the great ones
- mahāprājñā
- (mahāprājñāḥ) the deeply wise
- nimittēna
- any occasion
- vinā
- without
- ēva
- at all
- hi
- truly
- vairāgyaṁ
- dispassion
- jāyatē
- arises
- yēṣāṁ
- in whom
- tēṣāṁ
- their
- amala
- without stain
- mānasam
- minds
Meaning
The commentary compares such a mind to the water of the Gaṅgā. The sequence is worth noting: amala-mānasam, a spotless mind, stands at the end, as what such dispassion shows. It indicates a clarity that was already there.