अस्मिन् महासत्त्वतमे मुनीन्द्रे स्थिते समीपे पुरुषस्य साधो । प्राप्तेऽपि मृत्यावमरत्वमेति मा दीनतां गच्छ यथा विमूढः ॥ २३ ॥
asmin mahāsattvatamē munīndrē sthitē samīpē puruṣasya sādhō | prāptē’pi mṛtyāvamaratvamēti mā dīnatāṁ gaccha yathā vimūḍhaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
"When this sage, the greatest of the strong in spirit, stands near a man, good sir, that man gains immortality even when death has come. Do not sink into misery like a fool."
Word by word
- asmin
- this
- mahā
- greatest
- sattvatamē
- of the strong in spirit
- muni
- sage
- indrē
- the chief
- sthitē
- stands
- samīpē
- near
- puruṣasya
- a man
- sādhō
- good sir
- prāptē
- has come
- api
- even when
- mṛtyau
- (mṛtyau) death
- amaratvam
- immortality
- ēti
- gains
- mā
- do not
- dīnatāṁ
- into misery
- gaccha
- sink
- yathā
- like
- vimūḍhaḥ
- a fool
Meaning
The sarga closes in a longer metre. The last word is the strongest: in the company of such a sage, even death loses its power. Daśaratha is not losing his son; he is giving him into the best hands.