Shloka 12
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
विहाय सर्वसंकल्पान् बुद्ध्या शारीरमानसान् | शनैर्निर्वाणमाप्रोति निरिन्धन इवानल:,जो बुद्धिसे विचार करके शारीरिक और मानसिक सब संकल्पोंका त्याग कर देता है, वह बिना ईंधनकी आगके समान धीरे-धीरे शान्तिको प्राप्त हो जाता है
vihāya sarvasaṅkalpān buddhyā śārīra-mānasān | śanair nirvāṇam āpnoti nirindhana ivānalaḥ ||
The brāhmaṇa said: When a person, through discerning intelligence, abandons every resolve and construction of thought—those rooted in the body and those arising in the mind—he gradually attains quiescence and release, like a fire that, lacking fuel, slowly dies down into peace.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that liberation-like peace arises from steadily relinquishing all saṅkalpas (intentional mental constructions)—both bodily-driven and purely mental—through buddhi (discernment). When craving and planning cease, the mind naturally cools, like a fire that goes out when no fuel is supplied.
A brāhmaṇa speaker is instructing the listener on an inner discipline: withdrawing support from bodily and mental impulses and letting agitation subside gradually. The image of a fuel-less fire conveys a process of quieting rather than a sudden external event.