स्पृष्ट्वाऽवदातया बुद्ध्या यथैवाऽन्तस्तथा बहिः । दृश्यन्ते यत्र कार्याणि स शान्त इति कथ्यते ॥ ७४ ॥
spṛṣṭvā’vadātayā buddhyā yathaivā’ntastathā bahiḥ | dṛśyantē yatra kāryāṇi sa śānta iti kathyatē || 74 ||
Translation
One in whom, having grasped things with a clear understanding, works are seen to be the same within as without, is called peaceful.
Word by word
- spṛṣṭvā
- having grasped
- avadātayā
- clear
- buddhyā
- with an understanding
- yathā
- as
- ēva
- indeed
- antas
- (antaḥ) within
- tathā
- so
- bahiḥ
- without
- dṛśyantē
- are seen
- yatra
- in whom
- kāryāṇi
- works
- sa
- that one
- śānta
- (śāntaḥ) peaceful
- iti
- thus
- kathyatē
- is called
Meaning
The commentary reads spṛṣṭvā as having come to know others' crookedness. Such a person is not naive and has seen through people. In spite of this there is no gap between the inner and the outer life, no second mind kept behind the first. This may be the most searching test of the nine. It means that what you see of such a person is what there is.