विचारितजगद्यात्रं पवित्रगुणगोचरम् । महासत्त्वैकलोभेन गुणैरिव समाश्रितम् ॥ १८ ॥
vicāritajagadyātraṁ pavitraguṇagōcaram | mahāsattvaikalōbhēna guṇairiva samāśritam || 18 ||
Translation
one who had pondered the course of the world, a field for pure virtues, sought out by virtues as if out of their one desire for a great soul;
Word by word
- vicārita
- who had pondered
- jagat
- of the world
- yātraṁ
- the course
- pavitra
- for pure
- guṇa
- virtues
- gōcaram
- a field
- mahā
- great
- sattva
- for a soul
- ēka
- their one
- lōbhēna
- out of desire
- guṇair
- (guṇaiḥ) by virtues
- iva
- as if
- samāśritam
- sought out
Meaning
The virtues themselves are pictured as seeking him out, as if they wanted nothing so much as to dwell in a great soul.