Verse 234

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। ॥ २३४ ॥

In plain words

He knows the scriptures, and he can tell merit from fault. Toward anything that is there simply to be enjoyed, no longing is left in him. He knows which things last and which do not. Liberation is what he wants, and his vow does not slacken.

Close to the Sanskrit

A knower of scripture, a discerner of merit and fault, entirely free of longing with regard to whatever is merely an object of enjoyment, a knower of eternal and non-eternal entities, one whose desire is liberation, one whose vow is firm —