तव चाऽतिप्रसन्नेऽस्मिन् जातं मनसि पावनम् । निर्निमित्तमिदं चारु वैराग्यमरिमर्दन ॥ २० ॥
tava cā’tiprasannē’smin jātaṁ manasi pāvanam | nirnimittamidaṁ cāru vairāgyamarimardana || 20 ||
Translation
And in this mind of yours, so very clear, crusher of foes, there has arisen this lovely, purifying dispassion, without any cause.
Word by word
- tava
- your
- ca
- and
- ati
- very
- prasannē
- clear
- asmin
- in this
- jātaṁ
- has arisen
- manasi
- mind
- pāvanam
- purifying
- nirnimittam
- without any cause
- idaṁ
- this
- cāru
- lovely
- vairāgyam
- dispassion
- arimardana
- crusher of foes
Meaning
Nirnimittam, without a cause. The commentary explains: without the visible occasions about to be named, such as the cremation ground, misfortune or poverty. It is the turning point of the sarga's praise. Rāma had not lost a kingdom or a loved one when he fell silent in the first prakaraṇa. Nothing had happened to him. He had just looked.