samudram apah pravisanti yadvat

tadvat kama yam pravisanti sarve

sa santim apnoti na kama-kami

āpūryamāṇam—always filled; acala-pratiṣṭham—steadily situated;samudram—the ocean; āpaḥ—water; praviśanti—enter; yadvat—as; tadvat—so;kāmāḥ—desires; yam—unto one; praviśanti—enter; sarve—all; saḥ—that person;śāntim—peace; āpnoti—achieves; na—not; kāma-kāmī—one who desires to fulfill desires.

A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires-that enter like rivers into the ocean which is ever being filled but is always still-can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.