प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 41
कामिनां फलमित्युक्तं क्षयिष्णुः स्वप्नराज्यवत् । निष्कामानान्तु निर्वाणं पुनरावृत्तिवर्जितम् ॥ ४१ ॥
kāmināṁ phalamityuktaṁ kṣayiṣṇuḥ svapnarājyavat | niṣkāmānāntu nirvāṇaṁ punarāvṛttivarjitam || 41 ||
Translation
This is said to be the fruit for those with desire, and it wastes away like a kingdom in a dream; for those without desire it is nirvāṇa, from which there is no return.
Word by word
- kāmināṁ
- for those with desire
- phalam
- the fruit
- ity
- (iti) thus
- uktaṁ
- is said
- kṣayiṣṇuḥ
- (kṣayiṣṇuḥ) wasting away
- svapna
- in a dream
- rājya
- a kingdom
- vat
- like
- niṣkāmānāṁ
- for those without desire
- tu
- but
- nirvāṇaṁ
- nirvāṇa
- punar
- (punaḥ) again
- āvṛtti
- return
- varjitam
- without
Meaning
The turning point of the first part. All the heavens just described belong to desire, and however long they last they end, like a kingdom won in a dream. The same acts done without desire lead to nirvāṇa, free of rebirth. This echoes verse 20 and frames everything that follows.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 40.