विविक्तं हि मनो जन्तोराशावैवश्यवर्जितम् । परां निर्वृतिमभ्येति पूर्णचन्द्र इवाऽऽत्मनि ॥ २१ ॥
viviktaṁ hi manō jantōrāśāvaivaśyavarjitam | parāṁ nirvṛtimabhyēti pūrṇacandra ivā’’tmani || 21 ||
Translation
The mind of a creature made clear, freed from bondage to hope, reaches the highest peace in the Self, like the full moon.
Word by word
- viviktaṁ
- made clear
- hi
- indeed
- manō
- (manaḥ) the mind
- jantōr
- (jantoḥ) of a creature
- āśā
- to hope
- vaivaśya
- from bondage
- varjitam
- freed
- parāṁ
- the highest
- nirvṛtim
- peace
- abhyēti
- reaches
- pūrṇa
- full
- candra
- moon
- iva
- like
- ātmani
- in the Self
Meaning
Vivikta means set apart, sifted. The commentary glosses it as full of inquiry, and so free from the dependence that hope brings. The full moon lacks nothing and grows no more, and the mind is compared to it: it comes to rest in itself because it no longer leans on what it is waiting for.