तावदेवाऽऽपदो दूरे तिष्ठन्ति परिपेलवाः । यावदेव न मोहस्य प्रसरः पुत्र दीयते ॥ ३१ ॥
tāvadēvā’’padō dūrē tiṣṭhanti paripēlavāḥ | yāvadēva na mōhasya prasaraḥ putra dīyatē || 31 ||
Translation
"Misfortunes stay far off, weak as they are, only so long as no room is given, my son, to bewilderment."
Word by word
- tāvat
- so long
- ēva
- only
- āpadō
- (āpadaḥ) misfortunes
- dūrē
- far off
- tiṣṭhanti
- stay
- paripēlavāḥ
- weak as they are
- yāvat
- as
- na
- no
- mōhasya
- to bewilderment
- prasaraḥ
- room
- putra
- my son
- dīyatē
- is given
Meaning
Another commentary: once ignorance comes, a man becomes a house for every misfortune.