तापत्रयं तीव्रमवेक्ष्य वस्तुदृष्ट्वा कलत्रं तनयान्विहातुम् ।मध्ये द्वयोर्लोडनमात्मनो य -त्सैषा मता माध्यमिकी मुमुक्षा ॥ २३० ॥
In plain words
Seeing the severity of life's three sufferings and wanting to leave behind spouse and children, yet hesitating torn between two directions—this inner vacillation is known as the moderate longing for freedom.
Close to the Sanskrit
Having perceived the threefold suffering as severe, and having seen wife and sons, wishing to abandon them, the mind's tossing between the two—this is considered the moderate desire for liberation.