प्राप्याऽन्तः पूर्णतां पूर्णो न शोचामि यथा पुनः । सन्तो भवन्तस्तत्त्वज्ञास्तथेहोपदिशन्तु माम् ॥ २६ ॥
prāpyā’ntaḥ pūrṇatāṁ pūrṇō na śōcāmi yathā punaḥ | santō bhavantastattvajñāstathēhōpadiśantu mām || 26 ||
Translation
You good men, knowers of the truth, teach me here so that, having found fullness within, full, I do not grieve again.
Word by word
- prāpya
- having found
- antaḥ
- within
- pūrṇatāṁ
- fullness
- pūrṇō
- (pūrṇaḥ) full
- na
- not
- śōcāmi
- I do grieve
- yathā
- so that
- punaḥ
- again
- santō
- (santaḥ) good men
- bhavantas
- (bhavantaḥ) you
- tattvajñās
- (tattvajñāḥ) knowers of the truth
- tathā
- so
- iha
- here
- upadiśantu
- teach
- mām
- me
Meaning
The plea is made to all the sages present (bhavantaḥ, "you", plural). What Rāma asks is fullness (pūrṇatā) within, so that, being full (pūrṇa), he will not grieve again. The commentary: having reached fullness in myself I may become full, so that I never again come to grief in this world. Grief comes from lack; fullness leaves nothing to lack. The word recalls the Upaniṣadic invocation: that is full, this is full. The reader may notice that what they grieve over is always something missing, and ask whether anything could make them full enough not to miss it.