62. Chapter 62

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । धीरो विचारवान्साक्षादादावेव महाधिया । शास्त्रेण विदुषा शास्त्रं सुजनेन विचारयेत् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | dhīro vicāravānsākṣādādāveva mahādhiyā | śāstreṇa viduṣā śāstraṃ sujanena vicārayet || 1 ||

The diligent and rationalistic inquirer after truth, has a natural aptitude to resort to the society of the sapient and good natured Guru, and discusses on matters of the sastras by the rules of the sastras he has learnt before and not talk at random.

सुजनेम वितृण्णेन विदुषा महता सह । प्रविचार्य महायोगात्पदमासाद्यते परम् ॥ २ ॥

sujanema vitṛṇṇena viduṣā mahatā saha | pravicārya mahāyogātpadamāsādyate param || 2 ||

It is thus by holding his argumentation on the abstruse science of yoga, with the good and great and unavaricious learned, that he can attain to true wisdom.

शास्त्रार्थसुजनासङ्गवैराग्याभ्याससत्कृतः । पुरुषस्त्वमिवाभाति निजविज्ञानभाजनम् ॥ ३ ॥

śāstrārthasujanāsaṅgavairāgyābhyāsasatkṛtaḥ | puruṣastvamivābhāti nijavijñānabhājanam || 3 ||

The man that is thus acquainted with the true sense of the Sastra, and qualified by his habit of dispassionateness in the society of holy men, shines like yourself as the model of intelligence.

त्वमुदारनिजाचारो धीरो गुणगणाकरः । अधितिष्ठसि निर्दुःखं वीतसर्गमनोमलः ॥ ४ ॥

tvamudāranijācāro dhīro guṇagaṇākaraḥ | adhitiṣṭhasi nirduḥkhaṃ vītasargamanomalaḥ || 4 ||

Your liberal mindedness and self-reliance, combined with your cool-headedness and all other virtues, have set you above the reach of misery and all mental affliction;and also freed you from future transmigration, by your attainment of liberation in this life.

नूनमुत्सर्जिताभ्रेण शरद्व्योम्ना समो भवान् । भव भावनया मुक्तो युक्त उत्तमसंविदा ॥ ५ ॥

nūnamutsarjitābhreṇa śaradvyomnā samo bhavān | bhava bhāvanayā mukto yukta uttamasaṃvidā || 5 ||

Verily have you become as the autumnal sky, cleared of its gloomy clouds; you are freed from worldly cares, and fraught with the best and highest wisdom.

चिन्तामुक्तकलावत्या मुक्तकल्पनया स्थितम् । मनो मुक्तविभागं च मुक्तमेव न संशयः ॥ ६ ॥

cintāmuktakalāvatyā muktakalpanayā sthitam | mano muktavibhāgaṃ ca muktameva na saṃśayaḥ || 6 ||

He is truly liberated, whose mind is freed from the fluctuations of its thoughts, and the flights and fumes of its thickening fancies, and ever crowding particulars.

तवोत्तमानुभावस्य त इदानीं नरा भुवि । चेष्टामनुसरिष्यन्ति रागद्वेषविहीनया ॥ ७ ॥

tavottamānubhāvasya ta idānīṃ narā bhuvi | ceṣṭāmanusariṣyanti rāgadveṣavihīnayā || 7 ||

Henceforward will all men on earth, try to imitate the noble disposition of the equanimity of your mind, which is devoid of its passions of love and hatred, as also of affection and enmity.

बहिर्लोकोचिताचारा विहरिष्यन्ति वै जनाः । भवार्णवं तरिष्यन्ति धीमन्तः पोतकान्विताः ॥ ८ ॥

bahirlokocitācārā vihariṣyanti vai janāḥ | bhavārṇavaṃ tariṣyanti dhīmantaḥ potakānvitāḥ || 8 ||

Those who conform with their customs of the country, and conduct themselves in the ordinary course of men in their outward demeanour, and cherish their inward sentiments in the close recesses of their bosoms, are reckoned as truly wise, and are sure to get over the ocean of the world on the floating raft of their wisdom.

तव तुल्यमतिर्यः स्यात्सुजनः समदर्शनः । योग्योऽसौ ज्ञानदृष्टीनां मयोक्तानां सुदृष्टिमान् ॥ ९ ॥

tava tulyamatiryaḥ syātsujanaḥ samadarśanaḥ | yogyo'sau jñānadṛṣṭīnāṃ mayoktānāṃ sudṛṣṭimān || 9 ||

The meek man who has a spirit of universal toleration like thine, is worthy of receiving the light of knowledge;and of understanding the import of my sayings.

यावद्देहं धिया तिष्ठ रागद्वेषविहीनया । बहिर्लोकोचिताचारस्त्वन्तस्त्यक्ताखिलैषणः ॥ १० ॥

yāvaddehaṃ dhiyā tiṣṭha rāgadveṣavihīnayā | bahirlokocitācārastvantastyaktākhilaiṣaṇaḥ || 10 ||

Live as long as you have to live in this frail body of yours, and keep your passions and feelings under the sway of your reason; act according to the rules of society, and keep your desires under subjection.

परां शान्तिमुपागच्छ यथान्ये गुणशालिनः । अविचार्यास्त एवेह गोमायुशिशुधर्मकाः ॥ ११ ॥

parāṃ śāntimupāgaccha yathānye guṇaśālinaḥ | avicāryāsta eveha gomāyuśiśudharmakāḥ || 11 ||

Enjoy the perfect peace and tranquillity of the righteous and wise, and avoid alike both the cunning of foxes and silly freaks of boys.

ये स्वभावा महासत्या नृणां सात्त्विकजन्मनाम् । तान्भजन्पुरुषो याति पाश्चात्योदारजन्मताम् ॥ १२ ॥

ye svabhāvā mahāsatyā nṛṇāṃ sāttvikajanmanām | tānbhajanpuruṣo yāti pāścātyodārajanmatām || 12 ||

Men who imitate the purity of the manners and conduct of those, that are born with the property of goodness, acquire in process of time the purity of their lives also.

यानेव सेवते जन्तुरिह जातिगुणान्सदा । अथान्यजातिजातोऽपि जातिं भजति तां क्षणात् ॥ १३ ॥

yāneva sevate janturiha jātiguṇānsadā | athānyajātijāto'pi jātiṃ bhajati tāṃ kṣaṇāt || 13 ||

The man who is habituated in the practice of the manners, and the modes of life of another person, is soon changed to that mode of life, though it be of a different nature, or of another species of being.

प्राक्तनानखिलान्भावान्यान्ति कर्मवशं गताः । पौरुषेणावजीयन्ते धराधरमहाकुलाः ॥ १४ ॥

prāktanānakhilānbhāvānyānti karmavaśaṃ gatāḥ | pauruṣeṇāvajīyante dharādharamahākulāḥ || 14 ||

The practices of past lives accompany all mankind in their succeeding births, as their preordained destiny; and it is only by our vigorous efforts that we are enabled to avert our fates, in the manner of princes overcoming the hostile force, by greater might of their own.

धैर्येणाभ्युद्धरेद्बुद्धिं पङ्कान्मुग्धगवीमिव । तामसीं राजसीं चैव जातिमन्यामपि श्रितः ॥ १५ ॥

dhairyeṇābhyuddharedbuddhiṃ paṅkānmugdhagavīmiva | tāmasīṃ rājasīṃ caiva jātimanyāmapi śritaḥ || 15 ||

It is by means of patience only, that one must redeem his good sense; and it is by patient industry alone, that one may be advanced to a higher birth from his low and mean condition.

स्वविवेकवशाद्यान्ति सन्तः सात्त्विकजातिताम् । अतश्चित्तमणौ स्वच्छे यद्राघव नियोज्यते ॥ १६ ॥

svavivekavaśādyānti santaḥ sāttvikajātitām | ataścittamaṇau svacche yadrāghava niyojyate || 16 ||

It is by virtue of their good understanding, that the good have attained their better births in life; therefore employ yourself, O Rama! to the polishing of your understanding.

तन्मयो विभवत्येवं तस्माद्भवति पौरुषम् । पौरुषेण प्रयत्नेनमहार्हगुणशालिनः ॥ १७ ॥

tanmayo vibhavatyevaṃ tasmādbhavati pauruṣam | pauruṣeṇa prayatnenamahārhaguṇaśālinaḥ || 17 ||

The godfearing man is possessed of every good, and exerts his efforts for attainment of godliness; it is by means of manly efforts only, that men obtain the most precious blessings.

मुमुक्षवो भवन्तीह पाश्चात्यशुभजातयः । न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा क्वचित् ॥ १८ ॥

mumukṣavo bhavantīha pāścātyaśubhajātayaḥ | na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā kvacit || 18 ||

Those of the best kind on earth, long for their liberation in future, which also requires the exertion of devotion and meditation for its attainment.

पौरुषेण प्रयत्नेन यन्नाप्नोति गुणान्वितः । ब्रह्मचर्येण धैर्येण वीर्यवैराग्यरंहसा । युक्त्या युक्तेन हि विना न प्राप्नोषि तदीहितम् ॥ १९ ॥

pauruṣeṇa prayatnena yannāpnoti guṇānvitaḥ | brahmacaryeṇa dhairyeṇa vīryavairāgyaraṃhasā | yuktyā yuktena hi vinā na prāpnoṣi tadīhitam || 19 ||

There is nothing in this earth, below, or in the heaven of the celestials above, which is unattainable to the man of parts, by means of his manly efforts. It is impossible for you to obtain the object of your desire, without the exercise of your patience and dispassionateness, and the exertion of your prowess and austerities of Brahmacharya. Nor is it possible to succeed in anything without the right use of reason.

हितं महासत्त्वतयात्मतत्त्वं विधाय बुद्ध्या भव वीतशोकः । तव क्रमेणैव ततो जनोऽयं मुक्तो भविष्यत्यथ वीतशोकः ॥ २० ॥

hitaṃ mahāsattvatayātmatattvaṃ vidhāya buddhyā bhava vītaśokaḥ | tava krameṇaiva tato jano'yaṃ mukto bhaviṣyatyatha vītaśokaḥ || 20 ||

Try to know yourself, and do good to all creatures by your manliness; employ your good understanding to drive all your cares and sorrows away; and you will thus be liberated from all pain and sorrow.

पाश्चात्यजन्मनि विवेकमहामहिम्ना युक्ते त्वयि प्रसृतसर्वगुणाभिरामे । सत्त्वस्थकर्मणि पदं कुरु रामभद्र मैषा करोतु भवसङ्गविमोहचिन्ता ॥ २१ ॥

pāścātyajanmani vivekamahāmahimnā yukte tvayi prasṛtasarvaguṇābhirāme | sattvasthakarmaṇi padaṃ kuru rāmabhadra maiṣā karotu bhavasaṅgavimohacintā || 21 ||

O Rama! that art fraught with all admirable qualities, and endued with the high power of reason; keep thyself steady in the acts of goodness, and never may the erroneous cares of this world betake thee in thy future life.