यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः ।
आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ॥ १७ ॥
आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ॥ १७ ॥
yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ .
ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate .. 17 ..
That man, verily, who rejoices only in the Self, who is satisfied with the Self, who is content in the Self alone,—for him there is nothing to do.
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But that man—a samnyasin, the Sāṅkhya, one devoted to Self-knowledge—whose joy is in the Self, not in the objects of the senses; who is satisfied only with the Self, not with food-essence, etc.; who is contented in the Self;—all others derive contentment from possession of external things, whereas, disregarding these, he is content in the Self only and has no desire for anything;—for such a man, for the man who knows the Self, there is nothing to do.