अनल्पकल्पनातल्पे विलीनाश्चित्तवृत्तयः । मुनीन्द्र न प्रबुध्यन्ते तेन तप्येऽहमाकुलः ॥ १२ ॥
analpakalpanātalpē vilīnāścittavṛttayaḥ | munīndra na prabudhyantē tēna tapyē’hamākulaḥ || 12 ||
Translation
The movements of my mind lie dissolved on the bed of countless fancies; they do not wake, lord of sages, and so I burn, distressed.
Word by word
- analpa
- countless
- kalpanā
- of fancies
- talpē
- on the bed
- vilīnāś
- (vilīnāḥ) lie dissolved
- citta
- of my mind
- vṛttayaḥ
- the movements
- muni
- of sages
- indra
- lord
- na
- not
- prabudhyantē
- they do wake
- tēna
- and so
- tapyē
- burn
- aham
- I
- ākulaḥ
- distressed
Meaning
The movements of the mind that should turn towards the Self, the commentary says, lie asleep on a bed made of kalpanā, imaginings, fancies of attachment to the many things of the world. They do not wake, not even, it adds, by a thousand reflections of one's own, without scripture and the instruction of a teacher. This is why Rāma has turned to Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra. The verse names a real experience: one can see that one is asleep and still not wake. The reader is told plainly that waking needs help: the word of the scriptures and of one who is awake.