निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः ।द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैर्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥
nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ |dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñair gacchanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaṃ tat ||
- निर्मानमोहाः · nirmānamohāḥ
- free from pride and delusion
- जितसङ्गदोषाः · jitasaṅgadoṣāḥ
- having conquered the fault of clinging
- अध्यात्मनित्याः · adhyātmanityāḥ
- ever dwelling in the self
- विनिवृत्तकामाः · vinivṛttakāmāḥ
- with desires turned back, withdrawn
- द्वन्द्वैः · dvandvaiḥ
- from the pairs (of opposites)
- विमुक्ताः · vimuktāḥ
- freed
- सुखदुःखसंज्ञैः · sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñaiḥ
- known as pleasure and pain
- गच्छन्ति · gacchanti
- they reach
- अमूढाः · amūḍhāḥ
- the undeluded
- पदम् · padam
- the state, abode
- अव्ययम् · avyayam
- imperishable
“Free from pride and delusion, victorious over clinging, ever rooted in the self, with craving withdrawn — released from the pairs called pleasure and pain, the undeluded reach that imperishable state.”
— Original plain-language translation
Five qualifications map the inner equipment for the goal: humility, non-clinging, inwardness, desirelessness, and freedom from duality. Each undoes one of the tree's roots. The verse functions as a checklist for readiness rather than a mere promise.
— Reader's notes (original)