सन्तोषामृतपूर्णस्य शान्तशीतलया धिया । स्वयं स्थैर्यं मनो याति शीतांशोरिव शाश्वतम् ॥ १५ ॥
santōṣāmṛtapūrṇasya śāntaśītalayā dhiyā | svayaṁ sthairyaṁ manō yāti śītāṁśōriva śāśvatam || 15 ||
Translation
The mind of one filled with the nectar of contentment, through an understanding calm and cool, comes of itself to lasting steadiness, like the moon's.
Word by word
- santōṣa
- of contentment
- amṛta
- with the nectar
- pūrṇasya
- of one filled
- śānta
- calm
- śītalayā
- and cool
- dhiyā
- through an understanding
- svayaṁ
- of itself
- sthairyaṁ
- to steadiness
- manō
- (manaḥ) the mind
- yāti
- comes
- śītāṁśōr
- (śītāṁśoḥ) of the moon
- iva
- like
- śāśvatam
- lasting
Meaning
The commentary: because the causes of anger and burning distress are gone, the understanding is calm and cool, and the mind grows steady by itself. The moon is the cool one, śītāṁśu, and is said to hold nectar. The steadiness is called lasting, and it comes 'of itself': it is not held in place by effort but follows once the causes of agitation are gone.