योगान्तरायान्मौनेन हिंसां कामाद्यनीहया ॥ २३ ॥
dambhaṁ mahad-upāsayā
yogāntarāyān maunena
hiṁsāṁ kāmādy-anīhayā
dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca
SYNONYMS
ānvīkṣikyā—by deliberation upon material and spiritual subject matters; śoka—lamentation; mohau—and illusion; dambham—false pride; mahat—a Vaiṣṇava; upāsayā—by serving; yoga-antarāyān—obstacles on the path of yoga; maunena—by silence; hiṁsām—envy; kāma-ādi—for sense gratification; anīhayā—without endeavor.
TRANSLATION
By discussing spiritual knowledge one can conquer lamentation and illusion, by serving a great devotee one can become prideless, by keeping silent one can avoid obstacles on the path of mystic yoga, and simply by stopping sense gratification one can conquer envy.
PURPORT
If one's son has died, one may certainly be affected by lamentation and illusion and cry for the dead son, but one may overcome lamentation and illusion by considering the verses of Bhagavad-gītā.
dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca