अप्राप्तवाञ्छामुत्सृज्य सम्प्राप्ते समतां गतः । अदृष्टखेदाखेदो यः स सन्तुष्ट इहोच्यते ॥ ६ ॥
aprāptavāñchāmutsṛjya samprāptē samatāṁ gataḥ | adṛṣṭakhēdākhēdō yaḥ sa santuṣṭa ihōcyatē || 6 ||
Translation
One who has let go the longing for what has not come, who has reached evenness in what has come, and in whom neither sorrow nor its absence is seen: he is called contented here.
Word by word
- aprāpta
- for what has not come
- vāñchām
- the longing
- utsṛjya
- having let go
- samprāptē
- in what has come
- samatām
- evenness
- gataḥ
- who has reached
- adṛṣṭa
- in whom is not seen
- khēda
- sorrow
- akhēdō
- (akhedaḥ) nor its absence
- yaḥ
- who
- sa
- (saḥ) he
- santuṣṭa
- (santuṣṭaḥ) contented
- iha
- here
- ucyatē
- is called
Meaning
Here is the definition. The commentary explains the evenness in two ways. Because what has come is unreal, having it leaves him in the same state as before he had it; or, no joy arises from getting it. Either way, gaining changes nothing in him, as wanting did not. The last phrase is precise: neither sorrow is seen in him, nor its absence, the relief and elation that come when sorrow ends. Contentment is not one more mood that can be lost. It is freedom from the swing between them.