शमो मन्निष्ठता बुद्धेर्दम इन्द्रियसंयम: । तितिक्षा दु:खसम्मर्षो जिह्वोपस्थजयो धृति: ॥ ३६ ॥ दण्डन्यास: परं दानं कामत्यागस्तप: स्मृतम् । स्वभावविजय: शौर्यं सत्यं च समदर्शनम् ॥ ३७ ॥ अन्यच्च सुनृता वाणी कविभि: परिकीर्तिता । कर्मस्वसङ्गम: शौचं त्याग: सन्न्यास उच्यते ॥ ३८ ॥ धर्म इष्टं धनं नृणां यज्ञोऽहं भगवत्तम: । दक्षिणा ज्ञानसन्देश: प्राणायाम: परं बलम् ॥ ३९ ॥
śamo man-niṣṭhatā buddher dama indriya-saṁyamaḥ titikṣā duḥkha-sammarṣo jihvopastha-jayo dhṛtiḥ daṇḍa-nyāsaḥ paraṁ dānaṁ kāma-tyāgas tapaḥ smṛtam svabhāva-vijayaḥ śauryaṁ satyaṁ ca sama-darśanam anyac ca sunṛtā vāṇī kavibhiḥ parikīrtitā karmasv asaṅgamaḥ śaucaṁ tyāgaḥ sannyāsa ucyate dharma iṣṭaṁ dhanaṁ nṝṇāṁ yajño ’haṁ bhagavattamaḥ dakṣiṇā jñāna-sandeśaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ paraṁ balam
- śamaḥ
- mental equilibrium
- mat
- in Me
- niṣṭhatā
- steady absorption
- buddheḥ
- of the intelligence
- damaḥ
- self-control
- indriya
- of the senses
- saṁyamaḥ
- perfect discipline
- titikṣā
- tolerance
- duḥkha
- unhappiness
- sammarṣaḥ
- tolerating
- jihvā
- the tongue
- upastha
- and genitals
- jayaḥ
- conquering
- dhṛtiḥ
- steadiness
- daṇḍa
- aggression
- nyāsaḥ
- giving up
- param
- the supreme
- dānam
- charity
- kāma
- lust
- tyāgaḥ
- giving up
- tapaḥ
- austerity
- smṛtam
- is considered
- svabhāva
- one’s natural tendency to enjoy
- vijayaḥ
- conquering
- śauryam
- heroism
- satyam
- reality
- ca
- also
- sama-darśanam
- seeing the Supreme Lord everywhere
- anyat
- the next element (truthfulness)
- ca
- and
- su-nṛtā
- pleasing
- vāṇī
- speech
- kavibhiḥ
- by the sages
- parikīrtitā
- is declared to be
- karmasu
- in fruitive activities
- asaṅgamaḥ
- detachment
- śaucam
- cleanliness
- tyāgaḥ
- renunciation
- sannyāsaḥ
- the sannyāsa order of life
- ucyate
- is said to be
- dharmaḥ
- religiousness
- iṣṭam
- desirable
- dhanam
- wealth
- nṝṇām
- for human beings
- yajñaḥ
- sacrifice
- aham
- I am
- bhagavat-tamaḥ
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- dakṣiṇā
- religious remuneration
- jñāna-sandeśaḥ
- the instruction of perfect knowledge
- prāṇāyāmaḥ
- the yogic system of controlling the breath
- param
- the supreme
- balam
- strength
Absorbing the intelligence in Me constitutes mental equilibrium, and complete discipline of the senses is self-control. Tolerance means patiently enduring unhappiness, and steadfastness occurs when one conquers the tongue and genitals. The greatest charity is to give up all aggression toward others, and renunciation of lust is understood to be real austerity. Real heroism is to conquer one’s natural tendency to enjoy material life, and reality is seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead everywhere. Truthfulness means to speak the truth in a pleasing way, as declared by great sages. Cleanliness is detachment in fruitive activities, whereas renunciation is the sannyāsa order of life. The true desirable wealth for human beings is religiousness, and I, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, am sacrifice. Religious remuneration is devotion to the ācārya with the purpose of acquiring spiritual instruction, and the greatest strength is the prāṇāyāma system of breath control.