न रसायनपानेन न लक्ष्म्याऽऽलिङ्गनेन च । तथा सुखमवाप्नोति शमेनाऽन्तर्यथा मनः ॥ ६२ ॥
na rasāyanapānēna na lakṣmyā’’liṅganēna ca | tathā sukhamavāpnōti śamēnā’ntaryathā manaḥ || 62 ||
Translation
Not by drinking the elixir, nor by the embrace of Lakṣmī, does one gain such happiness as the mind gains by peace within.
Word by word
- na
- not
- rasāyana
- the elixir
- pānēna
- by drinking
- lakṣmyā
- of Lakṣmī
- āliṅganēna
- by the embrace
- ca
- and
- tathā
- such
- sukham
- happiness
- avāpnōti
- does one gain
- śamēna
- by peace
- antar
- (antaḥ) within
- yathā
- as
- manaḥ
- the mind
Meaning
The commentary fills in the two figures: Indra drinking amṛta, and Viṣṇu in the embrace of Lakṣmī. So these are the highest pleasures known to the tradition, those of gods, the perfect drink and the perfect love. Both are set below what can be had inside one's own mind.