यतो यतो निवर्तेत विमुच्येत ततस्तत: । एष धर्मो नृणां क्षेम: शोकमोहभयापह: ॥ १८ ॥
yato yato nivarteta vimucyeta tatas tataḥ eṣa dharmo nṛṇāṁ kṣemaḥ śoka-moha-bhayāpahaḥ
- yataḥ yataḥ
- from whatever
- nivarteta
- one desists
- vimucyeta
- he becomes liberated
- tataḥ tataḥ
- from that
- eṣaḥ
- this
- dharmaḥ
- the system of religion
- nṛṇām
- for humans
- kṣemaḥ
- the path of auspiciousness
- śoka
- suffering
- moha
- delusion
- bhaya
- and fear
- apahaḥ
- which takes away
By refraining from a particular sinful or materialistic activity, one becomes freed from its bondage. Such renunciation is the basis of religious and auspicious life for human beings and drives away all suffering, illusion and fear.