अहो बत महत्पुण्यमद्याऽस्माभिरिदं श्रुतम् । वचो राममुखोद्भूतं महाह्लादकरं धियः ॥ २६ ॥
ahō bata mahatpuṇyamadyā’smābhiridaṁ śrutam | vacō rāmamukhōdbhūtaṁ mahāhlādakaraṁ dhiyaḥ || 26 ||
Translation
"Ah, what great merit, that today we have heard these words, born from Rāma's mouth, that give great joy to the understanding!"
Word by word
- ahō
- ah
- bata
- what
- mahat
- great
- puṇyam
- merit
- adya
- today
- asmābhir
- (asmābhiḥ) we
- idaṁ
- these
- śrutam
- have heard
- vacō
- (vacaḥ) words
- rāma
- Rāma's
- mukha
- mouth
- udbhūtaṁ
- born from
- mahā
- great
- āhlāda
- joy
- karaṁ
- that give
- dhiyaḥ
- to the understanding
Meaning
The Siddhas count it their good fortune (mahat-puṇya) to have heard. The words give great joy (mahāhlāda) not to the senses but to the understanding (dhī). That is a precise claim. The joy of the senses has been shown at length to pass; the joy of the understanding, the delight of seeing clearly, is of another kind. The reader who has felt the gladness of understanding something at last, even something sad, knows this joy.