तस्मिञ्छ्रुते नरो मोहात्समग्रात्सन्तरिष्यति । सेतुनेवाऽम्बुधेः पारमपारगुणशालिना ॥ १० ॥
tasmiñchrutē narō mōhātsamagrātsantariṣyati | sētunēvā’mbudhēḥ pāramapāraguṇaśālinā || 10 ||
Translation
— when it is heard, a person will cross the whole of delusion, as one crosses to the far shore of the ocean by a bridge of boundless virtue.
Word by word
- tasmiñ
- (tasmin) when it
- śrutē
- is heard
- naraḥ
- a person
- mōhāt
- delusion
- samagrāt
- the whole of
- santariṣyati
- will cross
- sētunā
- by a bridge
- iva
- as
- ambudhēḥ
- of the ocean
- pāram
- the far shore
- apāra
- boundless
- guṇa
- virtue
- śālinā
- rich in
Meaning
The image recalls the bridge Rāma built to Laṅkā. Hearing the teaching carries one over the sea of delusion as that bridge carried his army across the sea.