मनसि मोहमपास्य महामनाः सकलमार्तितमः किल साधुताम् । सफलतां नयतीह तमो हरन् दिनकरो भुवि भास्करतामिव ॥ ५१ ॥
manasi mōhamapāsya mahāmanāḥ sakalamārtitamaḥ kila sādhutām | saphalatāṁ nayatīha tamō haran dinakarō bhuvi bhāskaratāmiva || 51 ||
Translation
Whoever, great of soul, drives the delusion from his mind and dispels its darkness of suffering here, makes his goodness bear fruit, as the sun, by dispelling the darkness on earth, makes its brightness bear fruit.
Word by word
- manasi
- from his mind
- mōham
- the delusion
- apāsya
- drives
- mahāmanāḥ
- great of soul
- sakalam
- its
- ārti
- of suffering
- tamaḥ
- darkness
- kila
- indeed
- sādhutām
- his goodness
- saphalatāṁ
- bear fruit
- nayati
- makes
- iha
- here
- tamō
- (tamaḥ) the darkness
- haran
- dispelling
- dinakarō
- (dinakaraḥ) the sun
- bhuvi
- on earth
- bhāskaratām
- its brightness
- iva
- as
Meaning
The sarga ends in a longer metre with the attendant's hope. The image prepares the reader for the teacher who is about to come: the one who removes darkness is the sun, guru in its oldest sense.