nigṛhya śatrorahamo’vakāśaḥ kvacinna deyo viṣayānucintayā ; sa eva sañjīvanaheturasya prakṣīṇajambīratarorivāmbu . 311 .
Anvaya
निगृह्यnigṛhya
Having eradicated (the ego)
विषय–अनुचिन्तयाviṣaya–anucintayā
by contemplation on sense objects
अवकाशःavakāśaḥ
space (scope)
क्वचित् न देयःkvacit na deyaḥ
should never be given
शत्रोः अहमःśatroḥ ahamaḥ
to the ego which is the enemy
स एवsa eva
That alone
संजीवन–हेतुःsaṃjīvana–hetuḥ
is the cause of revival
अस्यasya
of this (ego)
अम्बु इवambu iva
just as water
प्रक्षीण–जम्बीर–तरोःprakṣīṇa–jambīra–taroḥ
for a nearly dried up lemon tree
Translation
Having once eradicated the ego, no scope should again be given to ego, which is the enemy, by contemplation on sense objects. Such contemplation alone is the cause of revival of ego just as water for a nearly dried up lemon tree.
Annotation
Contemplation on sense objects leads to forgetting the real nature of the Self. As a result, the seeker identifies himself again with the ego (Jagadguru).