बद्धास्था ये शरीरेषु बद्धास्था ये जगत्स्थितौ । तान्मोहमदिरोन्मत्तान्धिग्धिगस्तु पुनःपुनः ॥ ५२ ॥
baddhāsthā yē śarīrēṣu baddhāsthā yē jagatsthitau | tānmōhamadirōnmattāndhigdhigastu punaḥpunaḥ || 52 ||
Translation
Those who have set their trust in bodies, those who have set their trust in the world's staying: shame, shame on them again and again, drunk with the wine of delusion!
Word by word
- baddha
- have set
- āsthā
- their trust
- yē
- those who
- śarīrēṣu
- in bodies
- jagat
- in the world's
- sthitau
- staying
- tān
- on them
- mōha
- of delusion
- madirā
- with the wine
- unmattān
- drunk
- dhig
- (dhik) shame (twice)
- astu
- be
- punaḥpunaḥ
- again and again
Meaning
The strongest words of the sarga. Those who trust the body to last, and the world to stay as it is, are "drunk with the wine of delusion". "Shame, shame on them" (dhig dhig astu). The repetition is not contempt for people but disgust at the state, which Rāma has found in himself. The reader may hear the curse as directed at the drunkenness, not at the drunkard, and wish to be sober.