कथञ्चित् क्वचिदेवैको दृश्यते विमलाशयः । पूर्वापरविचारार्हो यथाऽयमरिमर्दनः ॥ ३७ ॥
kathañcit kvacidēvaikō dṛśyatē vimalāśayaḥ | pūrvāparavicārārhō yathā’yamarimardanaḥ || 37 ||
Translation
"Only somewhere, somehow, is one seen of a clear mind, fit to reflect on what came before and what comes after, as is this crusher of foes."
Word by word
- kathañcit
- somehow
- kvacid
- (kvacit) somewhere
- ēva
- only
- ēkō
- (ekaḥ) one
- dṛśyatē
- is seen
- vimala
- of a clear
- āśayaḥ
- mind
- pūrva
- what came before
- apara
- and what comes after
- vicāra
- to reflect on
- arhō
- (arhaḥ) fit
- yathā
- as
- ayam
- this
- arimardanaḥ
- crusher of foes
Meaning
The rarity again. Here and there, with difficulty (kathañcit, kvacit), one person is found with a pure heart (vimala-āśaya), able to think about the before and after (pūrvāpara) of things, their origin and end. Rāma is such a one. He is called arimardana, "crusher of enemies", the warrior's title; the commentary turns it to the inner enemies, desire and the rest. The warrior's strength has been turned inward. The reader may take the title as a hint: the inquiry Rāma has begun is a kind of battle.