यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः | आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ||३-१७||
yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ . ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate ||3-17||
- ātma-ratiḥ
- taking pleasure in the Self
- eva
- certainly
- syāt
- remains
- ātma-tṛptaḥ
- self-illuminated
- ca
- and
- mānavaḥ
- a man
- ātmani
- in himself
- eva
- only
- ca
- and
- santuṣṭaḥ
- perfectly satiated
- tasya
- his
- kāryam
- duty
- na
- does not
- vidyate
- exist
- eva
- certainly
But for one who takes pleasure in the Self, whose human life is one of self-realization, and who is satisfied in the Self only, fully satiated – for him there is no duty.