मुक्तो यथास्थितिस्वस्थः कृतकर्तव्यनिर्वृतः । समः सर्वत्र वैतृष्ण्यान्न स्मरत्यकृतं कृतम् ॥
mukto yathāsthitisvasthaḥ kṛtakartavyanirvṛtaḥ | samaḥ sarvatra vaitṛṣṇyānna smaratyakṛtaṃ kṛtam ||
The liberated one is at ease in whatever condition he finds himself, at peace as one who has done what was to be done. The same everywhere, through freedom from thirst he does not dwell on what he did or left undone.
मुक्त पुरुष जैसी भी स्थिति हो उसमें स्वस्थ रहता है, कृतकृत्य होकर शांत रहता है; सर्वत्र सम रहकर, तृष्णा न होने से वह किए और न किए को याद नहीं करता।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Regret over what you did and didn't do can eat away at the present. Freedom here is resting in what is, without replaying the past.
जो किया और जो नहीं किया, उसका पछतावा वर्तमान को खा सकता है। यहाँ स्वतंत्रता है जो है उसमें टिकना, अतीत को बार-बार दोहराए बिना।
Ashtavakra, continuing his final teaching to Janaka on the person of steady wisdom, says the liberated one is at ease in whatever situation, the same everywhere, and does not dwell on what was or wasn't done.