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peace, into whom all desires enter as waters enter the ocean, which, filled
from all sides, remains unaltered ; but not he who desires objects.The ocean
is filled with waters flowing from all sides. Its state is unaltered, though
waters flow into it from all sides; it remains all the while within its
bounds without change. That sage into whom in this manner desires of all
sorts enter from all sides without affecting himas waters enter into the
oceaneven in the presence of objects; in whose Self they are absorbed, and
whom they do not enslave ; that sage attains peace (moksha), but not the
other who has a longing for external objects.Because it is so, therefore,That
man attains peace, who, abandoning all desires, moves about without attachment,
without selfishness, without vanity.That man of renunciation, who, entirely
abandoning all desires, goes through life content with the bare necessities
of life, who has no attachment even for those bare necessities of life who
regards not as his even those things which are needed for the mere bodily
existence, who is not vain of his knowledge; such a man of steady knowledge,
that man who knows Brahman, attains peace (nirvana), the end of all the
misery of samsara (mundane existence). In short, becomes the very Brahman.knowledge
lead to Divine Felicity This devotion to knowledge is extolled as follows:
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