आगमापायपरया क्षणसंस्थितिनाशया । न बिभेति हि संसारे धीरोऽपि क इवाऽनया ॥ ३० ॥
āgamāpāyaparayā kṣaṇasaṁsthitināśayā | na bibhēti hi saṁsārē dhīrō’pi ka ivā’nayā || 30 ||
Translation
Before this world, intent on coming and going, whose standing is destroyed in a moment, what steadfast man in the world is not afraid?
Word by word
- āgama
- on coming
- apāya
- and going
- parayā
- intent
- kṣaṇa
- in a moment
- saṁsthiti
- whose standing
- nāśayā
- is destroyed
- na
- not
- bibhēti
- is afraid
- hi
- indeed
- saṁsārē
- in the world
- dhīrō
- (dhīraḥ) steadfast man
- api
- even
- ka
- (kaḥ) what
- iva
- indeed
- anayā
- before this
Meaning
The world is āgamāpāya-parā, devoted to arising and passing; every state of it lasts a moment. Who, the commentary asks, would not fear it? The fear is the right response of a mind that sees clearly. The work will turn that fear into the search for the fearless.