एतस्माद्विरमेन्द्रियार्थगहनादायासकादाश्रय
श्रेयोमार्गमशेषदुःखशमनव्यापारदक्षं क्षणात् ।
स्वात्मीभावमुपैहि सन्त्यज निजां कल्लोललोलं गतिं
मा भूयो भज भङ्गुरां भवरतिं चेतः प्रसीदाधुना ॥
etasmād viramendriyārtha-gahanād āyāsakād āśraya
śreyo-mārgam aśeṣa-duḥkha-śamana-vyāpāra-dakṣaṁ kṣaṇāt |
svātmībhāvam upaihi santyaja nijāṁ kallola-lolaṁ gatiṁ
mā bhūyo bhaja bhaṅgurāṁ bhava-ratiṁ cetaḥ prasīdādhunā ||
(Vairāgya-śatakam: 63)
“Therefore,
Desist from the troublesome labyrinth
Of the sense-objects.
Take shelter in the path
Of the highest good (śreyas),
Capable in the matter of extinguishing
Endless suffering within a moment.
Reach the state of your own self,
Abandoning your own [present] condition,
Inconstant like a wave.
Do not again
Foster transient affinity for the world
[Much less partake of transient pleasures of the world based on it].
O mind,
Be satisfied now.”