नीतमायुरनायासपदप्राप्तिविवर्जितैः । चेष्टितैरिति काकल्या भूयो भूयः प्रगायति ॥ ३२ ॥
nītamāyuranāyāsapadaprāptivivarjitaiḥ | cēṣṭitairiti kākalyā bhūyō bhūyaḥ pragāyati || 32 ||
Translation
"'My life has been spent in doings that never reached the state beyond effort': this he sings, again and again, in a soft voice.
Word by word
- nītam
- has been spent
- āyur
- (āyuḥ) my life
- anāyāsa
- beyond effort
- pada
- the state
- prāpti
- reaching
- vivarjitaiḥ
- which never
- cēṣṭitair
- (ceṣṭitaiḥ) in doings
- iti
- this
- kākalyā
- in a soft voice
- bhūyō
- (bhūyaḥ) again and again
- pragāyati
- he sings
Meaning
The "state beyond effort" (anāyāsa-pada) is the rest that needs no striving: liberation. Rāma laments that his years have gone in activity that never touched it.