आत्मनाऽऽत्मनि सन्तोषं यावद्याति न मानसम् । उद्भवन्त्यापदस्तावल्लता इव मनोबिलात् ॥ ७ ॥
ātmanā’’tmani santōṣaṁ yāvadyāti na mānasam | udbhavantyāpadastāvallatā iva manōbilāt || 7 ||
- Another reading: मनोविलात् (manōvilāt) for मनोबिलात्
Translation
As long as the mind does not, of itself, come to contentment in the Self, so long misfortunes spring up from the hollow of the mind like creepers.
Word by word
- ātmanā
- of itself
- ātmani
- in the Self
- santōṣaṁ
- to contentment
- yāvad
- as long as
- yāti
- comes
- na
- not
- mānasam
- the mind
- udbhavanti
- spring up
- āpadas
- (āpadaḥ) misfortunes
- tāva
- (tāvat) so long
- latā
- (latāḥ) creepers
- iva
- like
- manō
- (manaḥ) of the mind
- bilāt
- from the hollow
Meaning
The commentary presses on two words. 'Of itself': not through some other cause, as when a wish is fulfilled for a while. 'In the Self': not in other objects. Contentment that rests on things lasts as long as the things. Until it rests in the Self, the mind is a hole in the ground from which creepers keep coming, and the misfortunes are said to come from the mind, not from the world.