इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ ।तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ ॥
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau |tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau ||
- इन्द्रियस्य · indriyasya
- of each sense
- अर्थे · arthe
- with regard to its object
- रागद्वेषौ · rāgadveṣau
- attraction and aversion
- व्यवस्थितौ · vyavasthitau
- are fixed, stationed
- तयोः · tayoḥ
- of those two
- न · na
- not
- वशम् · vaśam
- under the sway
- आगच्छेत् · āgacchet
- one should come
- तौ · tau
- those two
- हि · hi
- indeed
- अस्य · asya
- of him, his
- परिपन्थिनौ · paripanthinau
- highway robbers, foes
“For each sense, attraction and aversion toward its objects stand fixed. One should not come under their sway — for those two are his highway robbers.”
— Original plain-language translation
Since suppression fails (verse 33), here is what actually works: refusing to obey the twin pull of like and dislike at the sense-gate. They ambush the traveler like bandits on the road. Freedom lies not in blind senses but in unenslaved ones.
— Reader's notes (original)