स्वविचारमहौषध्या साधुश्चित्तनिषण्णया । तयोत्तमत्वप्रदया नाऽभिवाञ्छति नोज्झति ॥ ३० ॥
svavicāramahauṣadhyā sādhuścittaniṣaṇṇayā | tayōttamatvapradayā nā’bhivāñchati nōjjhati || 30 ||
Translation
By the great herb of his own inquiry, settled in his mind, which bestows the highest, the good man neither longs for anything nor gives anything up.
Word by word
- sva
- his own
- vicāra
- of inquiry
- mahauṣadhyā
- by the great herb
- sādhuś
- (sādhuḥ) the good man
- citta
- in his mind
- niṣaṇṇayā
- settled
- tayā
- by that
- uttamatva
- the highest
- pradayā
- which bestows
- na
- neither
- abhivāñchati
- longs for anything
- ujjhati
- gives anything up
Meaning
The commentary says that unmoving steadiness is the best of states, and that one made whole by this herb of inquiry into the Self neither wants what he does not have nor throws away what he has: he has done what was to be done. Note that giving up is denied as firmly as longing. Renouncing things in order to be free would still be a transaction with them, and he has none left to make.