विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो वीतरागो निरामयः । इदमत्यद्भुतं ब्रह्मन् यद्भवान् मामुपागतः ॥ ४७ ॥
vigatēcchābhayakrōdhō vītarāgō nirāmayaḥ | idamatyadbhutaṁ brahman yadbhavān māmupāgataḥ || 47 ||
Translation
"Free of desire, fear and anger, free of passion and of every affliction: that such as you should come to me, O brahmin, is a great wonder.
Word by word
- vigata
- free of
- icchā
- desire
- bhaya
- fear
- krōdhō
- (krodhaḥ) and anger
- vīta
- free of
- rāgō
- (rāgaḥ) passion
- nirāmayaḥ
- of every affliction
- idam
- this
- ati
- great
- adbhutaṁ
- wonder
- brahman
- (brahman) O brahmin
- yat
- that
- bhavān
- you
- mām
- to me
- upāgataḥ
- should come
Meaning
A sage who wants nothing has no reason to visit a king. That is why the king wonders, and why he guesses there must be a purpose.