आकाशसदृशी यस्य पुंसः संव्यवहारिणः । कलङ्कमेति न मतिः स शान्त इति कथ्यते ॥ ८० ॥
ākāśasadṛśī yasya puṁsaḥ saṁvyavahāriṇaḥ | kalaṅkamēti na matiḥ sa śānta iti kathyatē || 80 ||
Translation
One whose understanding, though he deals with the world, is like the sky and takes no stain, is called peaceful.
Word by word
- ākāśa
- the sky
- sadṛśī
- like
- yasya
- one whose
- puṁsaḥ
- of the person
- saṁvyavahāriṇaḥ
- deals with the world
- kalaṅkam
- stain
- ēti
- takes
- na
- no
- matiḥ
- understanding
- sa
- that one
- śānta
- (śāntaḥ) peaceful
- iti
- thus
- kathyatē
- is called
Meaning
The nine verses end with the sky. Smoke, dust and storms pass through it and none of them mark it, and the commentary says this understanding has one taste, like Brahman. So the last test is a test of the mind's nature. It describes a person who has gone on working, and in whom nothing has been left behind.