श्रीराम उवाच । अन्यच्च ताताऽतितरामरम्ये मनोरमे चेह जगत्स्वरूपे । न किंचिदायाति तदर्थजातं येनाऽतिविश्रान्तिमुपैति चेतः ॥ १ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | anyacca tātā’titarāmaramyē manōramē cēha jagatsvarūpē | na kiṁcidāyāti tadarthajātaṁ yēnā’tiviśrāntimupaiti cētaḥ || 1 ||
Translation
Śrī Rāma said: And more, dear one: in this form of the world, which is not lovely at all though it charms the mind, there comes no collection of things by which the mind finds complete rest.
Word by word
- śrī
- Śrī
- rāma
- Rāma
- uvāca
- said
- anyat
- more
- ca
- and
- tāta
- dear one
- atitarām
- at all
- aramyē
- not lovely
- manōramē
- though it charms the mind
- iha
- here
- jagat
- of the world
- svarūpē
- in this form
- na
- no
- kiṁcid
- (kiñcit) any
- āyāti
- comes
- tad
- (tat) of things
- artha
- thing
- jātaṁ
- collection
- yēna
- by which
- ati
- complete
- viśrāntim
- rest
- upaiti
- finds
- cētaḥ
- the mind
Meaning
The sarga is in a longer metre throughout (upajāti, eleven syllables a pāda), and its argument gathers the whole Vairāgya Prakaraṇa. The commentary names its purpose: to describe the faults of the things that stand against liberation, those already named and those not yet named, so that dispassion may be complete. Its thesis is in this first verse. The world charms (manorama) but is not lovely (aramya), and nothing in it gives the mind viśrānti, complete rest. Every sarga so far has tested one thing against this measure. The reader is asked once more: has anything in the world ever given their mind rest that did not end?