ŚB 11.28.31
Devanagari
तिष्ठन्तमासीनमुत व्रजन्तं
शयानमुक्षन्तमदन्तमन्नम् ।
स्वभावमन्यत् किमपीहमान-
मात्मानमात्मस्थमतिर्न वेद ॥ ३१ ॥
शयानमुक्षन्तमदन्तमन्नम् ।
स्वभावमन्यत् किमपीहमान-
मात्मानमात्मस्थमतिर्न वेद ॥ ३१ ॥
Verse text
tiṣṭhantam āsīnam uta vrajantaṁ
śayānam ukṣantam adantam annam
svabhāvam anyat kim apīhamānam
ātmānam ātma-stha-matir na veda
śayānam ukṣantam adantam annam
svabhāvam anyat kim apīhamānam
ātmānam ātma-stha-matir na veda
Synonyms
tiṣṭhantam — standing; āsīnam — sitting; uta — or; vrajantam — walking; śayānam — lying down; ukṣantam — urinating; adantam — eating; annam — food; sva-bhāvam — manifested from his conditioned nature; anyat — other; kim api — whatever; īhamānam — executing; ātmānam — his own bodily self; ātma-stha — fixed in the true self; matiḥ — whose consciousness; na veda — he does not recognize.
Translation
The wise man, whose consciousness is fixed in the self, does not even notice his own bodily activities. While standing, sitting, walking, lying down, urinating, eating or performing other bodily functions, he understands that the body is acting according to its own nature.