samÄhitaá¹ yasya manaḥ praÅ›Äntaá¹
dÄnÄdibhiḥ kiá¹ vada tasya ká¹›tyam
asaá¹yataá¹ yasya mano vinaÅ›yad
dÄnÄdibhiÅ› ced aparaá¹ kim ebhiḥ

 samÄhitam - perfectly fixed; yasya - whose; manaḥ - mind; praÅ›Äntam - pacified; dÄna-Ädibhiḥ - by charity and the other processes; kim - what; vada - please tell; tasya - of those processes; ká¹›tyam - use; asaá¹yatam - uncontrolled; yasya - whose; manaḥ - mind; vinaÅ›yat - dissolving; dÄna-Ädibhiḥ - by these processes of charity and so on; cet - if; aparam - further; kim - what use; ebhiḥ - of these.


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If one’s mind is perfectly fixed and pacified, then tell me what need does one have to perform ritualistic charity and other pious rituals? And if one’s mind remains uncontrolled, lost in ignorance, then of what use are these engagements for him?

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