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Chapter 2
Sankhya Yoga
70. Even as the sea remains motionless in spite of the waters entering continually even so he attains peace in whom all the desires enter; not the one who craves for desires.
Bhashya :- The ways of experiencing the objects of sense by the Wise One are spoken in this verse. He who remains unaffected even when sense objects enter unceasingly, who does not become overwhelmed, who does not endeavour remains quiet like the sea, like the sea, which does not overflow with various streams entering nor does become dry without the various streams entering, even so one without any endeavor, attains deliverance, this is the meaning.
Tatparya Nirnaya :- Even while enjoying (under the influence of the senses) he who does not transgress, like the sea remaining circumscribed, the limits of his desires, such one circumscribed by the Perennial Principles, is not bound by the desires. He is liberated. k means to become self-centred. Therefore, one whose desires are self-centred, he is said to be selfish one. All desires are not contrary to deliverance nor are they opposed thereto. In the absence of any desires, living a normal life is not possible. Since peace is the liberation itself, there, verily, comes about eternal abidance in Sri Vishnu, thus having spoken.
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