अभिव्यक्तपदं स्पष्टमिष्टं स्पष्टं च तुष्टिमत् । करोति राघवप्रोक्तं वचः कस्य न विस्मयम् ॥ ३१ ॥
abhivyaktapadaṁ spaṣṭamiṣṭaṁ spaṣṭaṁ ca tuṣṭimat | karōti rāghavaprōktaṁ vacaḥ kasya na vismayam || 31 ||
Translation
"Its words are distinct, it is plain, welcome, lucid and satisfying: whom does not the speech of Rāghava fill with wonder?"
Word by word
- abhivyakta
- distinct
- padaṁ
- its words are
- spaṣṭam
- plain
- iṣṭaṁ
- welcome
- spaṣṭaṁ
- lucid
- ca
- and
- tuṣṭimat
- satisfying
- karōti
- does fill with
- rāghava
- of Rāghava
- prōktaṁ
- the speech
- vacaḥ
- words
- kasya
- whom
- na
- not
- vismayam
- wonder
Meaning
More praise of the form: each word distinct (abhivyakta-pada), the commentary says correct in grammar, no syllable swallowed or dragged; plain (spaṣṭa), welcome (iṣṭa), and satisfying (tuṣṭimat). The care of the sages for the way a thing is said may surprise the modern reader; for them, clear speech is part of truth. A muddled account of a real insight confuses; a clear one awakens. The reader may consider how they speak of what matters most to them.