अपारसंसारसमुद्रपाती लब्ध्वा परां युक्तिमुदारसत्त्वः । न शोकमायाति न दैन्यमेति गतज्वरस्तिष्ठति नित्यतृप्तः ॥ ३१ ॥
apārasaṁsārasamudrapātī labdhvā parāṁ yuktimudārasattvaḥ | na śōkamāyāti na dainyamēti gatajvarastiṣṭhati nityatṛptaḥ || 31 ||
Translation
One of noble spirit, though fallen into the boundless ocean of worldly life, once he has found the supreme means, does not come to grief or fall into misery; free of fever, he abides ever content.
Word by word
- apāra
- boundless
- saṁsāra
- worldly life
- samudra
- ocean
- pātī
- fallen into
- labdhvā
- having found
- parāṁ
- the supreme
- yuktim
- means
- udāra
- noble
- sattvaḥ
- of spirit
- na
- not
- śōkam
- grief
- āyāti
- comes to
- dainyam
- misery
- ēti
- falls into
- gata
- free of
- jvaraḥ
- fever
- tiṣṭhati
- abides
- nitya
- ever
- tṛptaḥ
- content
Meaning
The sarga ends in a longer metre with the promise of the work. "Fever" (jvara) is the restless burning of desire and fear; the "supreme means" (parā yukti) is the knowledge the six books will teach.