तज्ज्ञानं सुबहु प्रोक्तं यज्ज्ञात्वा पावनं परम् । अहं पितुरभिप्रायः किलाऽधिक इव स्थितः ॥ ३६ ॥
tajjñānaṁ subahu prōktaṁ yajjñātvā pāvanaṁ param | ahaṁ piturabhiprāyaḥ kilā’dhika iva sthitaḥ || 36 ||
Translation
told me that knowledge, in great fullness, the highest purifier; and knowing it, I stood as my father's very meaning, and more than that, it seemed.
Word by word
- taj
- (tat) that
- jñānaṁ
- knowledge
- subahu
- in great fullness
- prōktaṁ
- was told
- yaj
- (yat) which
- jñātvā
- knowing
- pāvanaṁ
- purifier
- param
- the highest
- ahaṁ
- I
- pitur
- (pituḥ) my father's
- abhiprāyaḥ
- very meaning
- kila
- it seemed
- adhika
- (adhikaḥ) more
- iva
- as if
- sthitaḥ
- stood
Meaning
Tat jñānam, that knowledge; subahu proktam, abundantly told. The telling is not reported here; it is what the remaining prakaraṇas are about to tell Rāma. The effect is the striking thing. Pitur abhiprāyaḥ, the intent of my father: the commentary understands that he became complete, like his father's supreme knowledge. It is a fine way to say it. He does not gain something his father owns. He becomes what his father meant. Adhika iva, more, as it were: there is a teacher's joy in a student who outgrows him, and a student's wonder at what has happened. Pāvanam paramam, the supreme cleanser, recalls the Gītā's praise: nothing here purifies as knowledge does.