Verse 23

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। ॥ २३ ॥

In plain words

Tell the lasting from the passing, and the moment you see it, dispassion arrives — toward the garland, the sandal paste, the beloved, toward every perishable thing, everywhere, with nothing held back.

Close to the Sanskrit

From the discrimination of eternal and non-eternal entities there arises at once, for a person, dispassion toward every impermanent thing — toward garland, sandal paste, woman, and the rest.