दृष्टं श्रुतमसद्बुद्ध्वा नानुध्यायेन्न सन्दिशेत् । संसृतिं चात्मनाशं च तत्र विद्वान् स आत्मदृक् ॥ २० ॥
drstam srutam asad buddhva nanudhyayen na sandiset samsrtim catma-nasam ca tatra vidvan sa atma-drk
- drstam
- the material enjoyment we experience in our present life
- srutam
- material enjoyment as promised to the fruitive workers for future happiness (either in this life or in the next, in the heavenly planets and so on)
- asat
- all temporary and bad
- buddhva
- knowing
- na
- not
- anudhyayet
- one should even think of
- na
- nor
- sandiset
- should actually enjoy
- samsrtim
- prolongation of material existence
- ca
- and
- atma-nasam
- forgetfulness of one’s own constitutional position
- ca
- as well as
- tatra
- in such a subject matter
- vidvan
- one who is completely aware
- sah
- such a person
- atma-drk
- a self-realized soul
One who knows that material happiness, whether good or bad, in this life or in the next, on this plane or on the heavenly planes, is temporary and useless, and that an intelligent person should not try to enjoy or even think of such things, is the knower of the self. Such a self-realized person knows quite well that material happiness is the very cause of continued material existence and forgetfulness of one’s own constitutional position.