उद्बोधयति दोषालिं विकृन्तति गुणावलिम् । नराणां यौवनोल्लासो विलासो दुष्कृतश्रियाम् ॥ २९ ॥
udbōdhayati dōṣāliṁ vikṛntati guṇāvalim | narāṇāṁ yauvanōllāsō vilāsō duṣkṛtaśriyām || 29 ||
Translation
The surge of youth in men wakes the swarm of faults and cuts apart the row of virtues: it is the sport of the riches of wrongdoing.
Word by word
- udbōdhayati
- wakes
- dōṣa
- of faults
- āliṁ
- the swarm
- vikṛntati
- cuts apart
- guṇa
- of virtues
- āvalim
- the row
- narāṇāṁ
- in men
- yauvana
- of youth
- ullāsō
- (ullāsaḥ) the surge
- vilāsō
- (vilāsaḥ) the sport
- duṣkṛta
- of wrongdoing
- śriyām
- of the riches
Meaning
When youth surges up, the commentary says, it wakes the faults that slept in childhood (1.19.10) and cuts apart the virtues, as Dwivedi reads (vikṛntati). It is the play-ground of the wealth of sin. The verse connects the two sargas: what lay hidden like owls in childhood comes out in youth. The reader may see their own faults as having a history, and so also a way of being undone.