Chapter 1 · Prathamo’dhyāyaḥ (First Chapter)
Verse 33
यत्प्रेमप्रवणं चित्तं विगुणेष्वपि बन्धुषु। तेषां कृते मे निःश्वासो दौर्मनस्यं च जायते ॥ ३३ ॥
yatprēmapravaṇaṁ cittaṁ viguṇēṣvapi bandhuṣu | tēṣāṁ kṛtē mē niḥśvāsō daurmanasyaṁ ca jāyatē || 33 ||
Translation
And for their sake, my heart, which is inclined to love even wicked relatives, gives rise to sighs and despondency in me.
Word by word
- yat
- that which
- prēma
- love
- pravaṇam
- inclined, flowing towards
- cittam
- mind, heart
- viguṇēṣu
- in those who are without qualities (wicked)
- api
- even
- bandhuṣu
- in relatives
- tēṣām
- for them
- kṛtē
- for the sake of
- mē
- my
- niḥśvāsaḥ
- sigh
- daurmanasyam
- despondency, sadness
- ca
- and
- jāyatē
- arises
Meaning
The merchant describes the painful consequence of this irrational attachment. His loving heart (premapravaṇaṁ cittam), which cannot discriminate between the worthy and the wicked (viguṇeṣu api), becomes the very source of his suffering, causing him to sigh and feel deep sadness for the very people who destroyed his life.