शुद्धसत्त्वानुपतितं चेतः प्रतनुवासनम् । आतिवाहिकतामेति हिमं तापादिवाऽम्बुताम् ॥ ९ ॥
śuddhasattvānupatitaṁ cētaḥ pratanuvāsanam | ātivāhikatāmēti himaṁ tāpādivā’mbutām || 9 ||
Translation
A mind that follows pure sattva, its tendencies thinned, becomes subtle, as ice turns to water through heat.
Word by word
- śuddha
- pure
- sattva
- sattva
- anupatitaṁ
- that follows
- cētaḥ
- a mind
- pratanu
- thinned
- vāsanam
- its tendencies
- ātivāhikatām
- subtle
- ēti
- becomes
- himaṁ
- ice
- tāpād
- (tāpāt) through heat
- iva
- as
- ambutām
- to water
Meaning
Another commentary: when the tendencies are quiet, the mind turns towards pure sattva and reaches the subtle state, as ice by heat becomes water. Ice and water are the same substance; only hardness is lost. So the mind does not become something else; it loses the rigidity that made it a gross thing.