प्रसादात् परमेशस्य नाथस्य परमात्मनः । त्वादृशस्य शुभा बुद्धिर्विवेकमनुधावति ॥ ३० ॥
prasādāt paramēśasya nāthasya paramātmanaḥ | tvādṛśasya śubhā buddhirvivēkamanudhāvati || 30 ||
Translation
By the grace of the Supreme Lord, the Master, the supreme Self, the auspicious mind of one such as you runs after discernment.
Word by word
- prasādāt
- by the grace
- paramēśasya
- of the Supreme Lord
- nāthasya
- the Master
- paramātmanaḥ
- the supreme Self
- tvādṛśasya
- of one such as you
- śubhā
- auspicious
- buddhir
- (buddhiḥ) mind
- vivēkam
- discernment
- anudhāvati
- runs after
Meaning
So far the praise has been for Rāma's own discernment, and now its source is named. The commentary places this verse with the Upaniṣadic teaching that knowledge comes through the power of austerity and the grace of the god (Śvetāśvatara 6.21), and with the words on supreme devotion to him (6.23); and it reads the Lord here as Mahādeva with Bhavānī. So grace and effort are not set against each other. Discernment is one's own, and that one should run after it at all is grace.