रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् ।आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥
rāgadveṣaviyuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran |ātmavaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati ||
- रागद्वेषवियुक्तैः · rāgadveṣaviyuktaiḥ
- freed from attraction and aversion
- तु · tu
- but
- विषयान् · viṣayān
- sense-objects
- इन्द्रियैः · indriyaiḥ
- with the senses
- चरन् · caran
- moving among, engaging
- आत्मवश्यैः · ātmavaśyaiḥ
- under one's control, self-governed
- विधेयात्मा · vidheyātmā
- one whose self is disciplined
- प्रसादम् · prasādam
- serenity, grace, clarity
- अधिगच्छति · adhigacchati
- attains
“But one whose self is disciplined, moving among sense-objects with senses freed from attraction and aversion and under control — attains serenity.”
— Original plain-language translation
The ascent mirrors the descent: no flight from the world — the sage moves among objects, only without likes and dislikes driving. Prasāda (serenity, literally 'clarity/settling') is both the method's fruit and, in the next verse, its further cause.
— Reader's notes (original)