निवृत्तबुद्ध्यवस्थानो दूरीभूतान्यदर्शन: । उपलभ्यात्मनात्मानं चक्षुषेवार्कमात्मदृक् ॥ १० ॥
nivrtta-buddhy-avasthano duri-bhutanya-darsanah upalabhyatmanatmanam caksusevarkam atma-drk
- nivrtta
- transcended
- buddhi-avasthanah
- the stages of material consciousness
- duri-bhuta
- far off
- anya
- other
- darsanah
- conceptions of life
- upalabhya
- having realized
- atmana
- by his purified intellect
- atmanam
- his own self
- caksusa
- with his eyes
- iva
- as
- arkam
- the sun
- atma-drk
- the self-realized.
One should be situated in the transcendental position, beyond the stages of material consciousness, and should be aloof from all other conceptions of life. Thus realizing freedom from false ego, one should see his own self just as he sees the sun in the sky.