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त्मयोगाधिगमेन देवं मत्वा धीरो हर्षशोकौ जहाति’ ‘निचाय्य तं मृत्युमुखात्प्रमुच्यते’ इति ।‘आनन्दं ब्रह्मणो विद्वान्, न बिभेति कुतश्चन’ इति ।‘भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः ।क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि तस्मिन्दृष्टे परावरे’ ।तथा चाह भगवान्—‘अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते ।तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि’ ‘एतद्बुद्ध्वा बुद्धिमान्स्यात्कृतकृत्यश्च भारत’ इति ।तथा च कावषेयगीतासु—‘आत्मनः शोकसन्तीर्णो न बिभेति कुतश्चन ।मृत्योः सकाशान्मरणादथवान्यकृताद्भयात् ॥न जायते न म्रियते न वध्यो न च घातकः ।न बद्धो बद्धकारी वा न मुक्तो न च मोक्षदः ॥पुरुषः परमात्मायं यत्ततोऽन्यदसच्च तत् ।अज्ञानपाशे निर्भिन्ने च्छिन्ने महति संशये ॥शुभाशुभे च सङ्कीर्णे दग्धे बीजे च जन्मनाम् ।प्रयाति परमानन्दं तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्’ इति ।तथा चाह भगवान्मनुः—‘सर्वेषामपि चैतेषामात्मज्ञानं परं स्मृतम् ।तद्ध्यग्रं सर्वविद्यानां प्राप्यते ह्यमृतं ततः’ ‘एतद्धि जन्मसाफल्यं ब्राह्मणस्य विशेषतः ।प्राप्यैतत्कृतकृत्यो हि द्विजो भवति नान्यथा’ इति ।यस्मात्तद्विज्ञानादेव परमपुरुषार्थप्राप्तिः, तस्मात्तमेव च परमात्मानं पूर्णानन्दमात्मत्वेन जानीयात्
In plain words
Realizing union with the self, the wise person lets go of joy and sorrow, seeing that light and slipping free from the jaws of death. Knowing the bliss of brahman, fear touches them from nowhere. The knots of the heart snap, every doubt shatters, and action burns away once that reality—higher and lower alike—is seen. As the Lord says: This reality is called unmanifest, unthinkable, immutable; knowing it, you have no cause for grief. Knowing this, O Arjuna, one becomes wise and fulfilled. And the Kavaṣeya songs declare: Crossing beyond all sorrow through the self, one fears nothing—neither death nor any terror born of another. The self is neither born nor dies, nor is it ever slain. It binds nothing, makes no bondage, achieves no freedom, grants no freedom. This person is the supreme self alone; whatever stands apart from it is unreal. When the net of ignorance is torn, the great doubt severed, and the seeds of karma burned away, one reaches supreme bliss—the ultimate abode of Vishnu. And Manu says: Knowledge of the self is declared the greatest of all. It is the crown of sciences, granting immortality. This alone fulfills a human birth, especially for the twice-born: having won this, one is complete, and never otherwise. Since the ultimate human goal is reached through this knowledge alone, know that very supreme self, who is absolute bliss, to be your own self.
Close to the Sanskrit
By the attainment of union with the self, having known the shining one, the steadfast one abandons joy and sorrow. Having perceived that, one is liberated from the jaws of death... Knowing the bliss of brahman, one does not fear from anywhere whatsoever. The knots of the heart are split, all doubts are cut, and his actions are destroyed when that higher and lower is seen. And the blessed lord said: This unmanifest, unthinkable, immutable one is spoken of. Therefore having known this, you do not deserve to grieve. Having understood this, one would be wise and accomplished, O Bharata. And in the Kavaṣeya songs: Having completely crossed over sorrow through the self, one does not fear from anywhere whatsoever, from the presence of death, from death, or from fear caused by another. He is not born, he is not killed, nor is he a killer. He is neither bound nor a maker of bondage, neither liberated nor a giver of liberation. This purusha is the supreme self, and whatever is other than that is unreality. When the snare of ignorance is pierced, the great doubt cut, auspicious and inauspicious mixed karmic seeds burnt by births, he attains supreme bliss, the supreme abode of Vishnu. And the venerable Manu said: Of all these even, self-knowledge is remembered to be supreme. That indeed is foremost of all sciences; immortality is attained from it. This indeed is the fruitfulness of birth, especially for a brahmana. Having attained this, indeed a twice-born becomes accomplished, and not otherwise. Because from the knowledge of that alone is the attainment of the supreme human goal, therefore one should know that very supreme self, full of bliss, as the self.