tasmāc ca vyasanaparād anarthapaṅkād utkṛṣya kramaśithilaḥ karīva paṅkāt |
śānte ’smin virajasi vijvare viśoke saddharme vitamasi naiṣṭhike vimuktaḥ ||
17.72 From that extreme predicament, from that worthless mire, up he dragged me, like a feeble-footed elephant from the mud,
To be released into this quieted, dustless, feverless, sorrowless, ultimate true reality, which is free from darkness.