Verse 2.95

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

यश्चैतान् प्राप्नुयात् सर्वान् यश्चैतान् केवलांस्त्यजेत् ।
प्रापणात् सर्वकामानां परित्यागो विशिष्यते ॥ ९५ ॥

yaścaitān prāpnuyāt sarvān yaścaitān kevalāṃstyajet |
prāpaṇāt sarvakāmānāṃ parityāgo viśiṣyate || 95 ||

As between one who would attain all these, and another who would renounce them all, the renunciation of desires surf asses the attainment of

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

The present verse formulates the conclusion deduced from th e reasons adduced in the foregoing verses. [The sense being] in as much as Desire only waxes stronger by fulfilment, hence if a pleasure-seeking person—in the shape of a young king—‘? hould attain’—he addicted to—‘all those’ desires;—while another person—in the shape of the life-long celibate—‘renounces them all,’—i.e., does not touch even the slightest thing;—between these two, the latter surpasses the attainer, the enjoyer. That is, the man who renounces pleasures is vastly superior.

This is self-evident.—(95)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in Bālambhaṭṭi (Vyāvahāra, p. 606).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(Verses 93-95)

See Comparative notes for Verse 2.93.