Verse 273

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US-P16.023ab क्षणिकं हि तदत्यर्थं धर्ममात्रं निरन्तरम् ।US-P16.023cd सादृश्याद् दीपवत् तद्धीस्तच्छान्तिः पुरुषार्थता ॥

In plain words

For that mental state is utterly momentary, a continuous series of fleeting attributes. Like the flame of a lamp appearing steady through similarity, the quietude of that very intellect is the fulfillment of human life.

Close to the Sanskrit

For that is extremely momentary, a mere attribute without interval; from similarity like a lamp, that intellect's cessation thereof is the fulfillment of the human goal.