अतो मनोजयश्चिन्त्यः शमसन्तोषसाधनः । अनन्तसमसंयोगस्तस्मादानन्द आप्यते ॥ ४५ ॥
atō manōjayaścintyaḥ śamasantōṣasādhanaḥ | anantasamasaṁyōgastasmādānanda āpyatē || 45 ||
Translation
So the conquest of the mind is what one should think on, with peace and contentment as its means, and union with the endless and even. From that, bliss is gained.
Word by word
- atō
- (ataḥ) so
- manō
- (manaḥ) of the mind
- jayaś
- (jayaḥ) the conquest
- cintyaḥ
- what one should think on
- śama
- peace
- santōṣa
- and contentment
- sādhanaḥ
- with ... as its means
- ananta
- with the endless
- sama
- and even
- saṁyōgas
- (saṁyogaḥ) union
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) from that
- ānanda
- (ānandaḥ) bliss
- āpyatē
- is gained
Meaning
This is the turning point towards the door-keepers. Sama, even: the commentary reads the union as the mind's being one taste with the supreme Self. Peace and contentment are named as the means. Elsewhere they appear as qualities of the free. Here one practises them. So a person trying to grow calm is doing, in small, what the goal will be.