आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् ।तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥
āpūryamāṇam acalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat |tadvat kāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāmakāmī ||
- आपूर्यमाणम् · āpūryamāṇam
- being filled (yet ever full)
- अचलप्रतिष्ठम् · acalapratiṣṭham
- unmoved, standing firm
- समुद्रम् · samudram
- the ocean
- आपः · āpaḥ
- waters
- प्रविशन्ति · praviśanti
- enter
- यद्वत् · yadvat
- just as
- तद्वत् · tadvat
- so
- कामाः · kāmāḥ
- desires
- यम् · yam
- whom
- प्रविशन्ति · praviśanti
- enter
- सर्वे · sarve
- all
- सः · saḥ
- he
- शान्तिम् · śāntim
- peace
- आप्नोति · āpnoti
- attains
- न · na
- not
- कामकामी · kāmakāmī
- the craver of desires
“As waters enter the ocean — ever being filled, yet ever still — so do all desires enter such a one. That is peace; not so for the craver of desires.”
— Original plain-language translation
Peace defined by image: the ocean receives rivers without rising. Desires still arrive — the sage is not empty of them but unmoved by them. Contrast the boat of 2.67, helpless before one gust; the ocean digests monsoons.
— Reader's notes (original)