Verse 179

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। ॥ १८२ ॥

In plain words

When the mind is reined in and firmly anchored in that surge of spiritual feeling, it tastes the deep joy of the Self. Once that joy becomes steady, the mind is carried into the intoxicated state of a rut-maddened elephant.

Close to the Sanskrit

In that state the mind, being restrained, experiences the bliss of the supreme Self. When that bliss becomes steady, the mind attains the state of an elephant intoxicated with rut.