यः समस्तार्थजातेषु व्यवहार्यपि शीतलः । पदार्थेष्वपि पूर्णात्मा स जीवन्मुक्त उच्यते ॥ १३ ॥
yaḥ samastārthajātēṣu vyavahāryapi śītalaḥ | padārthēṣvapi pūrṇātmā sa jīvanmukta ucyatē || 13 ||
Translation
He who stays cool even while dealing with all the multitude of things, and is whole in himself even among objects: he is called freed while living.
Word by word
- yaḥ
- he who
- samasta
- all
- artha
- of things
- jātēṣu
- the multitude
- vyavahārī
- while dealing with
- api
- even
- śītalaḥ
- stays cool
- padārthēṣu
- among objects
- pūrṇa
- whole
- ātmā
- in himself
- sa
- he
- jīvan
- while living
- mukta
- freed
- ucyatē
- is called
Meaning
"Cool" (śītala) answers the heat of passion. The commentary: though he deals with all things as fits, he is not heated by attachment and the rest, because even in the objects of attachment he is the full Self, seeing himself as their Self too. Things cannot pull at one who finds himself already in them.