विषयेष्वाविशन् योगी नानाधर्मेषु सर्वत: । गुणदोषव्यपेतात्मा न विषज्जेत वायुवत् ॥ ४० ॥
viṣayeṣv āviśan yogī nānā-dharmeṣu sarvataḥ guṇa-doṣa-vyapetātmā na viṣajjeta vāyu-vat
- viṣayeṣu
- into contact with material objects
- āviśan
- entering
- yogī
- one who has attained self-control
- nānā-dharmeṣu
- which have different varieties of qualities
- sarvataḥ
- everywhere
- guṇa
- good qualities
- doṣa
- and faults
- vyapeta-ātmā
- a person who has transcended
- na viṣajjeta
- should not become entangled
- vāyu-vat
- like the wind
Even a transcendentalist is surrounded by innumerable material objects, which possess good and bad qualities. However, one who has transcended material good and evil should not become entangled even when in contact with the material objects; rather, he should act like the wind.