आन्वीक्षिक्या शोकमोहौ दम्भं महदुपासया । योगान्तरायान्मौनेन हिंसां कामाद्यनीहया ॥ २३ ॥
anviksikya soka-mohau dambham mahad-upasaya yogantarayan maunena himsam kamady-anihaya
- anviksikya
- by deliberation upon material and spiritual subject matters
- soka
- lamentation
- mohau
- and illusion
- dambham
- false pride
- mahat
- a Vaisnava
- upasaya
- by serving
- yoga-antarayan
- obstacles on the path of yoga
- maunena
- by silence
- himsam
- envy
- kama-adi
- for sense gratification
- anihaya
- without endeavor.
By discussing spiritual knowledge one can conquer lamentation and illusion, by serving a great devotee one can become prideless, by keeping silent one can avoid obstacles on the path of mystic yoga, and simply by stopping sense gratification one can conquer envy.