गच्छेदानीं महीपृष्ठे जम्बुद्वीपान्तरस्थितम् । साधो भारतवर्षं त्वं लोकानुग्रहहेतुना ॥ ४० ॥
gacchēdānīṁ mahīpṛṣṭhē jambudvīpāntarasthitam | sādhō bhāratavarṣaṁ tvaṁ lōkānugrahahētunā || 40 ||
- Another reading: भरतवर्षं (bharatavarṣaṁ) for भारतवर्षं
Translation
Go now, good son, to the face of the earth, to the land of Bhārata in the midst of Jambudvīpa, out of kindness to the worlds.
Word by word
- gaccha
- go
- idānīṁ
- now
- mahī
- of the earth
- pṛṣṭhē
- to the face
- jambudvīpa
- of Jambudvīpa
- antara
- in the midst
- sthitam
- lying
- sādhō
- good son
- bhārata
- of Bhārata
- varṣaṁ
- to the land
- tvaṁ
- you
- lōka
- to the worlds
- anugraha
- of kindness
- hētunā
- out of
Meaning
Having been given the highest thing, Vasiṣṭha is not allowed to keep it. He is sent. The direction of the verse is downward: from the lotus to the surface of the earth, into the corner of the world where, at verse 15, the sorrow was seen. Knowledge is thus shown completing a circle, beginning in compassion for those people and ending among them. Lokānugraha, grace to the world, is given here as the only reason for one who has nothing further to gain to stay involved in anything. If a realised life has any task, it is this.