विनयभूषितमार्यजनास्पदं करुणयोज्ज्वलमावलितं गुणैः । इह हि दुर्लभमङ्ग सुयौवनं जगति काननमम्बरगं यथा ॥ ४३ ॥
vinayabhūṣitamāryajanāspadaṁ karuṇayōjjvalamāvalitaṁ guṇaiḥ | iha hi durlabhamaṅga suyauvanaṁ jagati kānanamambaragaṁ yathā || 43 ||
Translation
Adorned with humility, the dwelling of noble people, bright with compassion, wreathed with virtues: such a good youth, dear one, is as rare in this world as a forest in the sky.
Word by word
- vinaya
- with humility
- bhūṣitam
- adorned
- ārya
- of noble
- jana
- people
- āspadaṁ
- the dwelling
- karuṇayā
- with compassion
- ujjvalam
- bright
- āvalitaṁ
- wreathed
- guṇaiḥ
- with virtues
- iha
- in this
- hi
- indeed
- durlabham
- rare
- aṅga
- dear one
- su
- good
- yauvanaṁ
- youth
- jagati
- world
- kānanam
- a forest
- ambaragaṁ
- in the sky
- yathā
- as
Meaning
The sarga ends in drutavilambita (twelve syllables a pāda) with a picture of the good youth (suyauvana). The commentary explains why the sarga needed it: if all youth were evil, there would be no hope of freedom, since childhood and old age lack the strength for the work. So it is not youth itself that is condemned, but bad youth. The good youth is humble, keeps the company of the noble, is bright with compassion and full of virtues such as calm and self-control. It is as rare as a forest in the sky: the commentary says, rare even in a human birth, how much more elsewhere. The reader is shown the ideal the whole condemnation has been protecting.