अहोरात्रैश्छिद्यमानं बुद्ध्वायुर्भयवेपथु: । मुक्तसङ्ग: परं बुद्ध्वा निरीह उपशाम्यति ॥ १६ ॥
aho-rātraiś chidyamānaṁ buddhvāyur bhaya-vepathuḥ mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ buddhvā nirīha upaśāmyati
- ahaḥ
- by days
- rātraiḥ
- by nights
- chidyamānam
- being cut down
- buddhvā
- knowing
- āyuḥ
- the duration of life
- bhaya
- with fear
- vepathuḥ
- trembling
- mukta-saṅgaḥ
- free from attachment
- param
- the Supreme Lord
- buddhvā
- understanding
- nirīhaḥ
- without material desire
- upaśāmyati
- achieves perfect peace
Knowing that one’s duration of life is being similarly cut down by the passing of days and nights, one should be shaken by fear. In this way, giving up all material attachment and desire, one understands the Supreme Lord and achieves perfect peace.