मनः प्रशान्तमत्यच्छं विश्रान्तं विगतभ्रमम् । अनीहं विगताभीष्टं नाऽभिवाञ्छति नोज्झति ॥ ४९ ॥
manaḥ praśāntamatyacchaṁ viśrāntaṁ vigatabhramam | anīhaṁ vigatābhīṣṭaṁ nā’bhivāñchati nōjjhati || 49 ||
Translation
The mind at peace, wholly clear, at rest, its confusion gone, with no striving and nothing it wishes for, neither longs for anything nor lets anything go.
Word by word
- manaḥ
- the mind
- praśāntam
- at peace
- atyacchaṁ
- wholly clear
- viśrāntaṁ
- at rest
- vigata
- gone
- bhramam
- its confusion
- anīhaṁ
- with no striving
- abhīṣṭaṁ
- nothing it wishes for
- na
- not
- abhivāñchati
- longs for
- ujjhati
- lets go
Meaning
The commentary asks: as long as the mind is there, how can there be no wanting? The verse replies by describing what a mind is like when it has rested. Wanting needs a lack. Note also nor lets anything go. Renunciation too is an action of the mind, and at this stage even that has dropped, for there is nothing that it is holding.