एक एव वसन् देशे जनशून्ये जनेश्वर । न हसत्येकया बुद्ध्या न गायति न रोदिति ॥ २३ ॥
ēka ēva vasan dēśē janaśūnyē janēśvara | na hasatyēkayā buddhyā na gāyati na rōditi || 23 ||
Translation
"Living all alone in a place empty of people, lord of men, with one fixed thought, he neither laughs nor sings nor weeps.
Word by word
- ēka
- (ekaḥ) alone
- ēva
- all
- vasan
- living
- dēśē
- in a place
- jana
- of people
- śūnyē
- empty
- janēśvara
- lord of men
- na
- not
- hasati
- laughs
- ēkayā
- with one
- buddhyā
- fixed thought
- gāyati
- sings
- rōditi
- weeps
Meaning
"With one fixed thought" (ekayā buddhyā): his mind is gathered on a single question.