श्रुत्वा स्पृष्ट्वा च दृष्ट्वा च भुक्त्वा घ्रात्वा शुभाशुभम् । न हृष्यति ग्लायति यः स शान्त इति कथ्यते ॥ ७२ ॥
śrutvā spṛṣṭvā ca dṛṣṭvā ca bhuktvā ghrātvā śubhāśubham | na hṛṣyati glāyati yaḥ sa śānta iti kathyatē || 72 ||
Translation
One who, on hearing, touching, seeing, eating and smelling, pleasant or unpleasant, neither rejoices nor droops, is called peaceful.
Word by word
- śrutvā
- on hearing
- spṛṣṭvā
- touching
- ca
- and
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- bhuktvā
- eating
- ghrātvā
- smelling
- śubha
- pleasant
- aśubham
- or unpleasant
- na
- not
- hṛṣyati
- rejoices
- glāyati
- droops
- yaḥ
- one who
- sa
- that one
- śānta
- (śāntaḥ) peaceful
- iti
- thus
- kathyatē
- is called
Meaning
So begin nine verses with one refrain: sa śānta iti kathyate, that one is called peaceful. After so much praise, Vasiṣṭha gives a definition. The first test is the plainest of all, and it goes through the five senses. Everyday contact with what is nice and what is nasty goes on all day, and each time something in a person lifts or sinks. The state described is not numbness: the pleasant is known as pleasant. There is only no rising and falling with it.