Chapter II · Śloka 70
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् |
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ||
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् |
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ||
āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaṃ
samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat |
tadvat kāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve
sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī ||
samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat |
tadvat kāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve
sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī ||
As waters flow into the ocean, which remains full and unmoved, so all desires enter the sage who attains peace — not one who craves desires.
The ocean simile: desires, like rivers, pour in endlessly, yet the ocean neither swells with joy nor shrinks in their absence — it remains acala, unmoved. The sage is like this: the world's flow of pleasure and pain enters and is absorbed without disturbing the inner stillness.