पूर्णतामलमाश्रित्य स्वात्मन्येवाऽऽत्मना स्वयम् । पौरुषेण प्रयत्नेन तृष्णां सर्वत्र वर्जयेत् ॥ १४ ॥
pūrṇatāmalamāśritya svātmanyēvā’’tmanā svayam | pauruṣēṇa prayatnēna tṛṣṇāṁ sarvatra varjayēt || 14 ||
Translation
Resting fully on fullness, by oneself, in one's own Self, one should give up craving everywhere with manly effort.
Word by word
- pūrṇatām
- on fullness
- alam
- fully
- āśritya
- resting
- sva
- one’s own
- ātmani
- in the Self
- ēva
- indeed
- ātmanā
- by oneself
- svayam
- oneself
- pauruṣēṇa
- with manly
- prayatnēna
- effort
- tṛṣṇāṁ
- craving
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- varjayēt
- one should give up
Meaning
The fullness, says the commentary, is the bliss beyond which there is none, in one's own Self. The verse puts the order right. Craving is not first suppressed in the hope of finding fullness later. Fullness is relied on, and craving is given up from there. Even so, it takes pauruṣa, effort, the word the sargas on fate praised: contentment is not passivity.