[f152] The full passage is: “He who seeks learnedness gets daily enriched. He who seeks the Tao is daily made poor. He is made poorer and poorer until he arrives at non-action (wu wei). With non-action, there is nothing that he cannot achieve.” (Chap. 48.)
Na vāsanair bhidyate cit na cittaṁ vāsanaiḥ saha,
Abbinnalakshaṇaṁ cittaṁ vāsanaiḥ pariveshtitarṁ.
Malavad vāsanā yasya manovijñāna-sambhavā,
Pata-śuklopamaṁ cittaṁ vāsanair na virājate.
Yathā na bhāvo nābhāvo gaganaṁ kathyate mayā,
Ālayaṁ hi tathā kāya bhāvābhāva-vivarjitaṁ.
Manovijñāna vyāvṛittaṁ cittaṁ kālusbya varjitam,
Sarvadharmāvabodhena cittaṁ buddhaṁ vadāmyaham.