स्थितोऽपि न स्थित इव न हृष्यति न कुप्यति । यः सुषुप्तसमः स्वस्थः स शान्त इति कथ्यते ॥ ७६ ॥
sthitō’pi na sthita iva na hṛṣyati na kupyati | yaḥ suṣuptasamaḥ svasthaḥ sa śānta iti kathyatē || 76 ||
Translation
One who, though present, seems not present, who neither exults nor rages, at ease as if in deep sleep, is called peaceful.
Word by word
- sthitō
- (sthitaḥ) present
- api
- though
- na
- not
- sthita
- present
- iva
- seems
- hṛṣyati
- exults
- kupyati
- rages
- yaḥ
- one who
- suṣupta
- deep sleep
- samaḥ
- as if in
- svasthaḥ
- at ease
- sa
- that one
- śānta
- (śāntaḥ) peaceful
- iti
- thus
- kathyatē
- is called
Meaning
The commentary says: in a place that would give joy or anger, he is as if not there. Suṣupta-sama, like one in deep sleep, needs a careful reading. The tradition does not admire unconsciousness. Deep sleep is the one state in which every creature is already free of wanting, and sva-stha, standing in oneself, says that here the same freedom is awake.