इयमापदियं संपदित्येवं कल्पनामयः । मनसोऽभ्युदितो मोह इति श्लोकान् प्रगायति ॥ ३८ ॥
iyamāpadiyaṁ saṁpadityēvaṁ kalpanāmayaḥ | manasō’bhyuditō mōha iti ślōkān pragāyati || 38 ||
Translation
"'This is misfortune, this is fortune: such a delusion, made of imagining, has arisen from the mind': these verses he sings.
Word by word
- iyam
- this
- āpat
- is misfortune
- iyaṁ
- this
- saṁpat
- is fortune
- iti
- thus
- ēvaṁ
- such
- kalpanā
- imagining
- mayaḥ
- made of
- manasō
- (manasaḥ) from the mind
- abhyuditō
- (abhyuditaḥ) has arisen
- mōha
- (mohaḥ) a delusion
- ślōkān
- verses
- pragāyati
- he sings
Meaning
The core of the teaching is already in this verse: fortune and misfortune are not in things but in the mind's imagining (kalpanā).