सोऽयमेतादृशो देहो नैनं संत्यज्य याम्यहम् । अनेनैव तमाप्नोमि देशं गन्धमिवाऽनिलः ॥ ५१ ॥
sō’yamētādṛśō dēhō nainaṁ saṁtyajya yāmyaham | anēnaiva tamāpnōmi dēśaṁ gandhamivā’nilaḥ || 51 ||
Translation
Such is this body of mine; I do not go leaving it. With this very body I reach that place, as wind reaches a scent.
Word by word
- sō
- (saḥ) such
- ayam
- this
- ētādṛśō
- (etādṛśaḥ) of that kind
- dēhō
- (dehaḥ) body
- na
- not
- ēnaṁ
- it
- saṁtyajya
- leaving
- yāmya
- (yāmi) I go
- aham
- I
- anēna
- with this
- ēva
- very
- tam
- that
- āpnōmi
- I reach
- dēśaṁ
- place
- gandham
- a scent
- iva
- as
- anilaḥ
- wind
Meaning
Another commentary: my body follows pure sattva and is pure mind; I do not go leaving it, but reach that world in it, as the wind reaches a scent. Wind does not travel to a scent through a wall; it is already where the scent is carried. So with a body of awareness.