आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् | तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ||२-७०||
āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat . tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī ||2-70||
- āpūryamāṇam
- always being filled
- acala-pratiṣṭham
- steadily situated
- samudram
- the ocean
- āpaḥ
- waters
- praviśanti
- enter
- yadvat
- as
- tadvat
- so
- kāmāḥ
- desires
- yam
- unto whom
- praviśanti
- enter
- sarve
- all
- saḥ
- that person
- śāntim
- peace
- āpnoti
- achieves
- na
- not
- kāma-kāmī
- one who desires to fulfill desires
A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires – that enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still – can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.