प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते ।
प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते ॥ ६५ ॥
प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते ॥ ६५ ॥
prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṃ hānirasyopajāyate .
prasannacetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate .. 65 ..
In peace there is an end of all his miseries; for, the reason of the tranquil-minded soon becomes steady.
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On the attainment of peace there is an end of all the devotee’s miseries such as pertain to the body and the mind. For, the reason (buddhi) of the pure-minded man soon becomes steady, pervading on all sides like the akasa; i.e., it remains steadfast, in the form of the Self.
The sense of the passage is this :—The man whose heart is pure and whose mind is steady has achieved his object Wherefore the devout man should resort only to those sense-objects which are indispensable and not forbidden by the sastras, with the senses devoid of love and hatred.
Tranquillity is thus extolled :