किमतज्ज्ञ इवाऽऽज्ञानां योग्ये व्यामोहसागरे । विनिमज्जसि कल्लोलबहुले जाड्यशालिनि ॥ ३३ ॥
kimatajjña ivā’’jñānāṁ yōgyē vyāmōhasāgarē | vinimajjasi kallōlabahulē jāḍyaśālini || 33 ||
Translation
"Why then, as if you did not know, do you sink in the sea of bewilderment fit only for the ignorant, with its many waves and its heaviness?"
Word by word
- kim
- why
- atajjña
- (atajjñaḥ) one who does not know
- iva
- as if
- ajñānāṁ
- for the ignorant
- yōgyē
- fit
- vyāmōha
- of bewilderment
- sāgarē
- in the sea
- vinimajjasi
- do you sink
- kallōla
- waves
- bahulē
- with many
- jāḍya
- heaviness
- śālini
- full of
Meaning
Vasiṣṭha has seen what the others have not: Rāma has already conquered desire. The question is why the victory feels like defeat. The heaviness (jāḍya) of the sea is inertia, the dullness that settles on a mind which has let go of its old supports and found no new ones.