ते पूज्यास्ते महात्मानस्त एव पुरुषा भुवि । ये सुखेन समुत्तीर्णाः साधो यौवनसङ्कटात् ॥ ४१ ॥
tē pūjyāstē mahātmānasta ēva puruṣā bhuvi | yē sukhēna samuttīrṇāḥ sādhō yauvanasaṅkaṭāt || 41 ||
Translation
They are to be honoured, they are the great souls, they alone are men on earth, good sir, who have come happily through the peril of youth.
Word by word
- tē
- they
- pūjyās
- (pūjyāḥ) are to be honoured
- mahātmānas
- (mahātmānaḥ) the great souls
- ta
- (te) they
- ēva
- alone
- puruṣā
- (puruṣāḥ) are men
- bhuvi
- on earth
- yē
- who
- sukhēna
- happily
- samuttīrṇāḥ
- have come through
- sādhō
- good sir
- yauvana
- of youth
- saṅkaṭāt
- the peril
Meaning
Now the praise. Those who pass through youth unharmed, the commentary says, without losing non-violence, truth, honesty, chastity and the rest, are worthy of worship, great-souled, and the only true men. The word is "happily" (sukhena): they crossed not by struggle alone but with ease, because they were not carried away. The reader is shown that it can be done.