परित्यक्तसमस्तेहं मनो मधुरवृत्तिमत् । सर्वतः सुखमभ्येति चन्द्रबिम्ब इव स्थितम् ॥ ६ ॥
parityaktasamastēhaṁ manō madhuravṛttimat | sarvataḥ sukhamabhyēti candrabimba iva sthitam || 6 ||
Translation
The mind that has given up all striving, and whose ways are sweet, comes to happiness on every side, like one who stands in the disk of the moon.
Word by word
- parityakta
- has given up
- samasta
- all
- īhaṁ
- striving
- manō
- (manaḥ) the mind
- madhura
- sweet
- vṛttimat
- whose ways are
- sarvataḥ
- on every side
- sukham
- to happiness
- abhyēti
- comes
- candra
- of the moon
- bimba
- (bimbe) in the disk
- iva
- like
- sthitam
- one who stands
Meaning
Īhā is effortful wanting. The commentary says this mind has taken on the form of Brahman, and another commentary pictures a heavenly being living in the moon, with happiness showering from all around. Madhura-vṛtti, of sweet ways, is a phrase worth pausing on. The mind is not said to be blank. It has its movements still, and they are sweet.