प्राणवृत्त्यैव सन्तुष्येन्मुनिर्नैवेन्द्रियप्रियै: । ज्ञानं यथा न नश्येत नावकीर्येत वाङ्मन: ॥ ३९ ॥
prāṇa-vṛttyaiva santuṣyen munir naivendriya-priyaiḥ jñānaṁ yathā na naśyeta nāvakīryeta vāṅ-manaḥ
- prāṇa-vṛttyā
- with the mere functioning of his vital air
- eva
- even
- santuṣyet
- should be satisfied
- muniḥ
- a sage
- na
- not
- eva
- indeed
- indriya-priyaiḥ
- with things that gratify the senses
- jñānam
- consciousness
- yathā
- so that
- na naśyeta
- may not be destroyed
- na avakīryeta
- may not become disturbed
- vāk
- his speech
- manaḥ
- and mind
A learned sage should take his satisfaction in the simple maintenance of his existence and should not seek satisfaction through gratifying the material senses. In other words, one should care for the material body in such a way that one’s higher knowledge is not destroyed and so that one’s speech and mind are not deviated from self-realization.