यः समः सर्वभूतेषु भावि काङ्क्षति नोज्झति । जित्वेन्द्रियाणि यत्नेन स शान्त इति कथ्यते ॥ ७३ ॥
yaḥ samaḥ sarvabhūtēṣu bhāvi kāṅkṣati nōjjhati | jitvēndriyāṇi yatnēna sa śānta iti kathyatē || 73 ||
Translation
One who is even towards all beings, who neither craves nor rejects what is to come, having mastered the senses with effort, is called peaceful.
Word by word
- yaḥ
- one who
- samaḥ
- even
- sarva
- all
- bhūtēṣu
- towards beings
- bhāvi
- what is to come
- kāṅkṣati
- craves
- na
- nor
- ujjhati
- rejects
- jitvā
- having mastered
- indriyāṇi
- the senses
- yatnēna
- with effort
- sa
- that one
- śānta
- (śāntaḥ) peaceful
- iti
- thus
- kathyatē
- is called
Meaning
Bhāvi, what is to be. The commentary reads it as what one's past has brought, neither wished for nor thrown away. Yatnena, with effort: a real discipline lies behind this evenness. It is a person's achievement. Evenness to all beings is the social form of it, and it is not easily done.