Shloka
वैराग्यान्न परं सुखस्य जनकं पश्यामि वश्यात्मन -
स्तच्चेच्छुद्धतरात्मबोधसहितं स्वाराज्यसाम्राज्यधुक् ।
एतद्द्वारमजस्रमुक्तियुवतेर्यस्मात्त्वमस्मात्परं
सर्वत्रास्पृहया सदात्मनि सदा प्रज्ञां कुरु श्रेयसे ॥ ३७७ ॥
vairāgyānna paraṃ sukhasya janakaṃ paśyāmi vaśyātmana -
staccecchuddhatarātmabodhasahitaṃ svārājyasāmrājyadhuk ;
etaddvāramajasramuktiyuvateryasmāttvamasmātparaṃ
sarvatrāspṛhayā sadātmani sadā prajñāṃ kuru śreyase . 377 .
Anvaya
- वश्य–आत्मनःvaśya–ātmanaḥ
- For a person of self–control
- वैराग्यात्vairāgyāt
- apart from dispassion
- परंparaṃ
- intensely
- सुखस्य जनकंsukhasya janakaṃ
- the means of happiness
- न पश्यामिna paśyāmi
- I do not see
- तत् चेत्tat cet
- If it is there
- शुद्ध–तर–आत्म–बोध–सहितंśuddha–tara–ātma–bodha–sahitaṃ
- associated with clear understanding of the Self
- स्वाराज्य–साम्राज्य–धुक्svārājya–sāmrājya–dhuk
- yielding the milk of the kingdom of self–luminous nature
- एतद् द्वारम्etad dvāram
- This is the door
- अजस्र–मुक्ति–युवतेःajasra–mukti–yuvateḥ
- to reach the damsel of eternal liberation
- यस्मात्yasmāt
- as it is so
- त्वम्tvam
- you
- अस्मात्asmāt
- hence
- सर्वत्रsarvatra
- towards all (sense objects)
- अस्पृहयाaspṛhayā
- without desire
- प्रज्ञां कुरुprajñāṃ kuru
- contemplate on
- सद्–आत्मनिsad–ātmani
- on the eternal Brahman
- सदाsadā
- always
- श्रेयसेśreyase
- for liberation
Translation
For a person of self–control there is no better means for happiness apart from dispassion. If that (dispassion) is associated with a clear understanding of the Self, it yields the milk of the kingdom of self–luminous nature. This is the door to reach the damsel of eternal liberation. Hence, with great dispassion, fix your mind always on the eternal Brahman for your liberation.
Annotation
1) ‘self–control’ – arises from the yogic practices. This alone is not useful without dispassion, as a yogi can get tempted to attain mystic powers. 2) ‘Clear understanding’ – implies negation of the five sheaths. 3) ‘self–luminous’ – the word svarāt refers to the self whose happiness is not dependent on external objects. Such independence is being self–luminous. 4) ‘fix your mind’ – refers to contemplation devoid of differentiation (Jagadguru). Dispassion is figuratively visualised as a cow which yields the milk of the kingdom of self–luminous nature. Similarly, liberation is figuratively called a damsel.