परामृश्य विवेकेन संसाररचनामिमाम् । वैराग्यं येऽधिगच्छन्ति त एव पुरुषोत्तमाः ॥ २६ ॥
parāmṛśya vivēkēna saṁsāraracanāmimām | vairāgyaṁ yē’dhigacchanti ta ēva puruṣōttamāḥ || 26 ||
Translation
Those who come to dispassion after reflecting with discernment on this fabric of saṁsāra are the best of people.
Word by word
- parāmṛśya
- after reflecting
- vivēkēna
- with discernment
- saṁsāra
- of saṁsāra
- racanām
- on the fabric
- imām
- this
- vairāgyaṁ
- to dispassion
- yē
- those who
- adhigacchanti
- come
- ta
- (te) they
- ēva
- indeed
- puruṣōttamāḥ
- the best of people
Meaning
Racanā means arrangement or composition. Saṁsāra is spoken of as something put together, which can be looked at as one looks at a piece of work. The commentary adds that what is examined is its sorrowful nature. The word puruṣottama, best of people, is a title usually given to the highest, and it is given here for an act of thinking clearly.