आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् | तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ||२-७०||
āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat . tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī ||2-70||
Chapter 2 · Verse 70
Sankhya Yoga
सांख्ययोग
In plain words
You must remain undisturbed by worldly desires, letting them enter your mind without shaking your inner peace. Just as the vast ocean remains completely still even when rivers pour into it, you should stay anchored in your true self. True peace belongs to you only when you stop chasing the illusions of maya, which is the deceptive material world.
Translation
2.70 He into whom all desires enter as the waters enter the full and undisturbed sea, attains to peace, and not he who longs after objects of desire.
Meaning
Just as the ocean filled with waters from all sides remains unmoved so also the sage who is resting in his own Svarupa or the Self is not a bit affected though desires of all sorts enter from all sides. The sage attains peace or liberation but not he who longs for objects of sensual enjoyment and entertains various desires. (Cf. XVIII.53 54).
Word by word
आपूर्यमाणम् filled from all sides अचलप्रतिष्ठम् based in stillness समुद्रम् ocean आपः water प्रविशन्ति enter यद्वत् as तद्वत् so कामाः desires यम् whom प्रविशन्ति enter सर्वे all सः he शान्तिम् peace आप्नोति attains न not कामकामी desirer of desires.