राजोवाच । पुत्र प्राप्तविवेकस्त्वं कल्याणानां च भाजनम् । जडवज्जीर्णया बुद्ध्या खेदायाऽऽत्मा न दीयताम् ॥ २९ ॥
rājōvāca | putra prāptavivēkastvaṁ kalyāṇānāṁ ca bhājanam | jaḍavajjīrṇayā buddhyā khēdāyā’’tmā na dīyatām || 29 ||
Translation
The king said: "My son, you have gained discrimination and are a vessel of all that is good. Do not give yourself up to sorrow with a mind worn out, like a dullard's.
Word by word
- rājā
- (rājā) the king
- uvāca
- said
- putra
- my son
- prāpta
- you have gained
- vivēkas
- (vivekaḥ) discrimination
- tvaṁ
- you
- kalyāṇānāṁ
- of all that is good
- ca
- and
- bhājanam
- a vessel
- jaḍavat
- like a dullard's
- jīrṇayā
- worn out
- buddhyā
- with a mind
- khēdāya
- to sorrow
- ātmā
- yourself
- na
- not
- dīyatām
- give up
Meaning
The king repeats what Viśvāmitra has said, but draws the wrong conclusion from it: he thinks discrimination should make Rāma cheerful again, as if the remedy were to stop thinking.