सर्वेषां जन्तुजातानां संसारव्यवहारिणाम् । परिप्रोतमनोमाला तृष्णा बन्धनरज्जुवत् ॥ ३४ ॥
sarvēṣāṁ jantujātānāṁ saṁsāravyavahāriṇām | pariprōtamanōmālā tṛṣṇā bandhanarajjuvat || 34 ||
Translation
For all the creatures who go about the business of the world, craving is the rope that binds, on which their minds are strung like a garland.
Word by word
- sarvēṣāṁ
- for all
- jantu
- creatures
- jātānāṁ
- the
- saṁsāra
- of the world
- vyavahāriṇām
- who go about the business
- pariprōta
- strung
- manō
- (manaḥ) their minds
- mālā
- like a garland
- tṛṣṇā
- craving
- bandhana
- that binds
- rajjuvat
- is the rope
Meaning
Cattle are tied by a long rope with many nooses, one for each neck. Craving is that rope for all beings caught up in worldly business: their minds are strung on it (pariprota-manomālā) like beads. The commentary: as a long rope binds many beasts by the neck, craving binds the minds of all creatures on every side. The verse widens the view: it is not one person's problem but the bond of the whole world. The reader is on the same rope as everyone else, and freedom from it is freedom from what binds all.