श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । राजपुत्र महाबाहो शूरस्त्वं विजितास्त्वया । दुरुच्छेदा दुरारम्भा अप्यमी विषयारयः ॥ ३२ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | rājaputra mahābāhō śūrastvaṁ vijitāstvayā | durucchēdā durārambhā apyamī viṣayārayaḥ || 32 ||
Translation
Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "Prince, long-armed one, you are a hero: you have conquered these enemies, the objects of sense, so hard to uproot, so terrible in their onset.
Word by word
- śrī
- Śrī
- vasiṣṭha
- Vasiṣṭha
- uvāca
- said
- rāja
- prince
- putra
- son of the king
- mahābāhō
- long-armed one
- śūras
- (śūraḥ) a hero
- tvaṁ
- you are
- vijitās
- (vijitāḥ) have been conquered
- tvayā
- by you
- durucchēdā
- (durucchedāḥ) so hard to uproot
- durārambhā
- (durārambhāḥ) so terrible in onset
- api
- even
- amī
- these
- viṣaya
- the objects of sense
- arayaḥ
- enemies
Meaning
Vasiṣṭha speaks to Rāma for the first time, and praises rather than scolds. The true hero, a note in another commentary says, is one who has conquered his own senses.