ते ते दोषा दुरारम्भास्तत्र तं तादृशाशयम् । तद्रूपं प्रतिलुम्पन्ति दुष्टास्तेनैव ये मुने ॥ ५ ॥
tē tē dōṣā durārambhāstatra taṁ tādṛśāśayam | tadrūpaṁ pratilumpanti duṣṭāstēnaiva yē munē || 5 ||
Translation
All those faults, so evil in their doing, ruin there the man whose mind is like them, O sage, and those wicked ones are made by him alone.
Word by word
- tē
- those
- dōṣā
- (doṣāḥ) faults
- dur
- evil
- ārambhās
- (ārambhāḥ) in their doing
- tatra
- there
- taṁ
- the man
- tādṛśa
- like them
- āśayam
- whose mind is
- tad
- (tat) that
- rūpaṁ
- form
- pratilumpanti
- ruin
- duṣṭās
- (duṣṭāḥ) wicked ones
- tēna
- by him
- ēva
- alone
- yē
- who
- munē
- O sage
Meaning
Gambling, quarrels, lust and the rest, the commentary says: the faults of youth destroy the one whose heart is shaped like them; and they are wicked only "by him", because he gives them life. A fault does not destroy anyone from outside. It has power only through the one who takes its shape. The reader is offered a way of seeing their faults: not as enemies that attack, but as shapes the mind takes on, and can put off.