निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः । द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैर्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥
Translation
Free from pride and delusion, having conquered the fault of attachment, ever dwelling in the self, desires having subsided, freed from the dualities known as pleasure and pain, the undeluded reach that unchanging state.
Explanation
This verse lists what falls away, one by one, rather than what's added — pride, delusion, attachment, craving. It's worth noticing how often growth is described this way across the text: less about acquiring new qualities and more about steadily releasing what was obscuring what was already there.
Reflect
What would today look like with one less thing — pride, craving, or attachment — quietly released from it?
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