वीतशोकभयायासो निरीहश्छिन्नसंशयः । जगाम शिखरं मेरोः समाध्यर्थमनिन्दितम् ॥ ४३ ॥
vītaśōkabhayāyāsō nirīhaśchinnasaṁśayaḥ | jagāma śikharaṁ mērōḥ samādhyarthamaninditam || 43 ||
Translation
Free of grief, fear and strain, without wanting, his doubts cut away, he went to the blameless summit of Meru for samādhi.
Word by word
- vīta
- free of
- śōka
- grief
- bhaya
- fear
- āyāsō
- (āyāsaḥ) and strain
- nirīhaś
- (nirīhaḥ) without wanting
- chinna
- cut away
- saṁśayaḥ
- his doubts
- jagāma
- he went
- śikharaṁ
- to the summit
- mērōḥ
- of Meru
- samādhi
- samādhi
- artham
- for
- aninditam
- blameless
Meaning
The fruits of rest are listed. Grief, fear and strain (śoka, bhaya, āyāsa) are gone; he has no more wanting (nirīha); his doubts are cut away (chinna-saṃśaya). Śuka returns to the summit of Meru, the place he came from, now to rest in samādhi. The commentary: free of doubt, and with no causes of distraction left, he went to the summit of Meru, which is favourable to samādhi. The circle closes. He left the mountain seeking and returns to it at peace. Nothing outside him has changed.