ततो दु:सङ्गमुत्सृज्य सत्सु सज्जेत बुद्धिमान् । सन्त एवास्य छिन्दन्ति मनोव्यासङ्गमुक्तिभि: ॥ २६ ॥
tato duḥsaṅgam utsṛjya satsu sajjeta buddhimān santa evāsya chindanti mano-vyāsaṅgam uktibhiḥ
- tataḥ
- therefore
- duḥsaṅgam
- bad association
- utsṛjya
- throwing away
- satsu
- to saintly devotees
- sajjeta
- he should become attached
- buddhi-mān
- one who is intelligent
- santaḥ
- saintly persons
- eva
- only
- asya
- his
- chindanti
- cut off
- manaḥ
- of the mind
- vyāsaṅgam
- excessive attachment
- uktibhiḥ
- by their words
An intelligent person should therefore reject all bad association and instead take up the association of saintly devotees, whose words cut off the excessive attachment of one’s mind.