स्वविवेकचमत्कारपरामर्शविरक्तया । राजते हि धिया जन्तुर्युवेव वरमालया ॥ २५ ॥
svavivēkacamatkāraparāmarśaviraktayā | rājatē hi dhiyā janturyuvēva varamālayā || 25 ||
Translation
A person with a mind turned from the world through the wonder of reflecting on their own discernment shines, as a young man shines with a garland of honour.
Word by word
- sva
- their own
- vivēka
- discernment
- camatkāra
- the wonder
- parāmarśa
- of reflecting on
- viraktayā
- turned from the world
- rājatē
- shines
- hi
- indeed
- dhiyā
- with a mind
- jantur
- (jantuḥ) a person
- yuvā
- a young man
- iva
- as
- vara
- of honour
- mālayā
- with a garland
Meaning
The commentary reads paramarśa as the turning towards the reality that discernment brings, by which one is turned from other objects. The picture is of a young man wearing a varamālā, a choice garland such as a bride gives her chosen husband. Dispassion is often painted in grey. Here it is a festive thing, an ornament, worn by one in his prime. It takes nothing from a person's radiance and adds to it.