आत्मानुभूतौ तां मायां जुहुयात्सत्यदृङ्मुनि: । ततो निरीहो विरमेत् स्वानुभूत्यात्मनि स्थित: ॥ ४४ ॥
atmanubhutau tam mayam juhuyat satya-drn munih tato niriho viramet svanubhuty-atmani sthitah
- atma-anubhutau
- unto self-realization
- tam
- that
- mayam
- the false ego of material existence
- juhuyat
- should offer as an oblation
- satya-drk
- one who has actually realized the ultimate truth
- munih
- such a thoughtful person
- tatah
- because of this self-realization
- nirihah
- without material desires
- viramet
- one must completely retire from material activities
- sva-anubhuti-atmani
- in self-realization
- sthitah
- thus being situated
A learned, thoughtful person must realize that material existence is illusion. This is possible only by self-realization. A self-realized person, who has actually seen the truth, should retire from all material activities, being situated in self-realization.