अकिञ्चनोऽप्यसौ जन्तुः साम्राज्यसुखमश्नुते । आधिव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तं सन्तुष्टं यस्य मानसम् ॥ ११ ॥
akiñcanō’pyasau jantuḥ sāmrājyasukhamaśnutē | ādhivyādhivinirmuktaṁ santuṣṭaṁ yasya mānasam || 11 ||
Translation
Even with nothing, that being enjoys the happiness of an empire whose mind is contented, free of the pains of mind and body.
Word by word
- akiñcanō
- (akiñcanaḥ) with nothing
- api
- even
- asau
- that
- jantuḥ
- being
- sāmrājya
- of an empire
- sukham
- the happiness
- aśnutē
- enjoys
- ādhi
- of mind
- vyādhi
- and of body
- vinirmuktaṁ
- free of the pains
- santuṣṭaṁ
- contented
- yasya
- whose
- mānasam
- mind
Meaning
Ādhi and vyādhi, pains of mind and of body, are explained so by the commentary. The verse reverses verse 2. There an empire was nothing to the contented; here the one with nothing has an empire. What made the empire seem worth having was the happiness it promised, and he has that already.