उपशमामृतसुन्दरमादरा- दधिगतोत्तमतापदमेष यत् । कथितवानुचितं रघुनन्दनः सपदि तेन वयं प्रतिबोधिताः ॥ २७ ॥
upaśamāmṛtasundaramādarā- dadhigatōttamatāpadamēṣa yat | kathitavānucitaṁ raghunandanaḥ sapadi tēna vayaṁ pratibōdhitāḥ || 27 ||
Translation
"What this delight of Raghu has fittingly said, lovely with the nectar of calm, a word that reveals the highest state he has reached, has at once awakened us too."
Word by word
- upaśama
- of calm
- amṛta
- with the nectar
- sundaram
- lovely
- ādarād
- (ādarāt) with care
- adhigata
- he has reached
- uttamatā
- the highest
- padam
- state
- ēṣa
- this
- yat
- what
- kathitavān
- has said
- ucitaṁ
- fittingly
- raghunandanaḥ
- delight of Raghu
- sapadi
- at once
- tēna
- by that
- vayaṁ
- us too
- pratibōdhitāḥ
- has awakened
Meaning
The sarga closes in the drutavilambita metre, and the Siddhas' last words are about themselves. Rāma's speech is beautiful with the nectar of calm (upaśama-amṛta) and fitting (ucita); it shows the high state he has attained, the commentary says, through birth, character and knowledge of dharma. And it has awakened them (pratibodhitāḥ) at once (sapadi): the commentary, that the pleasures of heaven have no essence. The beings of heaven, who were not seeking, have been taught by a young man who was. The Vairāgya Prakaraṇa has made its case: Rāma's dispassion has awakened even the heavens. One sarga remains, in which the perfected sages come down into the hall. The reader may ask whether they too have been awakened, even a little, by these twenty sargas, and what in them woke.