इतोऽन्यतश्चोपगता मुधैव समानसङ्केतनिबद्धभावा । यात्रासमासङ्गसमा नराणां कलत्रमित्रव्यवहारमाया ॥ २५ ॥
itō’nyataścōpagatā mudhaiva samānasaṅkētanibaddhabhāvā | yātrāsamāsaṅgasamā narāṇāṁ kalatramitravyavahāramāyā || 25 ||
Translation
Come from here and from elsewhere, all in vain, their feelings bound by a common agreement: the illusion of men's dealings with wife and friends is like a meeting of pilgrims on a journey.
Word by word
- itō
- (itaḥ) from here
- anyataś
- (anyataḥ) and from elsewhere
- ca
- and
- upagatā
- (upagatāḥ) come
- mudhā
- in vain
- ēva
- all
- samāna
- by a common
- saṅkēta
- agreement
- nibaddha
- bound
- bhāvā
- their feelings
- yātrā
- on a journey
- samāsaṅga
- of pilgrims a meeting
- samā
- like
- narāṇāṁ
- of men
- kalatra
- with wife
- mitra
- and friends
- vyavahāra
- of dealings
- māyā
- the illusion
Meaning
Travellers on a pilgrimage meet at a fair, agree to keep company, and part. Wife, son and friend, the commentary says, come from other worlds and other births, meet by a kind of agreement, and part again. "All in vain" (mudhā): the bond is real for a while and then over. The reader may love those near them as fellow pilgrims, without thinking the meeting is forever.