विरक्तचित्ताश्च तथा महाप्राज्ञा विचारिणः । उपदेश्यास्त्वया साधो ज्ञानेनाऽऽनन्ददायिना ॥ ४२ ॥
viraktacittāśca tathā mahāprājñā vicāriṇaḥ | upadēśyāstvayā sādhō jñānēnā’’nandadāyinā || 42 ||
Translation
And those whose minds have turned away from the world, who have great understanding and who inquire, you must teach, good son, by the knowledge that gives bliss.
Word by word
- virakta
- turned away
- cittāś
- (cittāḥ) those whose minds
- ca
- and
- tathā
- also
- mahāprājñā
- (mahāprājñāḥ) of great understanding
- vicāriṇaḥ
- who inquire
- upadēśyās
- (upadeśyāḥ) must be taught
- tvayā
- by you
- sādhō
- good son
- jñānēna
- by the knowledge
- ānanda
- bliss
- dāyinā
- which gives
Meaning
The other kind of student, with three marks. Virakta-citta: the mind has lost its taste for the things of the world, as Rāma's has. Mahā-prājña: capable of the subtle, which the commentary reads as fit to grasp what lies beyond the senses. Vicāriṇaḥ: they inquire; they will not rest in what they are told. Only such a student is to be given knowledge directly, and the next sarga will dwell on the marks of a fit questioner. It does a reader no harm to ask which of the two descriptions fits. Not as a judgement, since both are honourable. The medicine depends on it.