शीतवातातपादीनि द्वन्द्वदुःखानि राघव । ज्ञानयुक्तिं विना केन सह्यतां यान्ति साधुषु ॥ ३९ ॥
śītavātātapādīni dvandvaduḥkhāni rāghava | jñānayuktiṁ vinā kēna sahyatāṁ yānti sādhuṣu || 39 ||
Translation
Cold, wind, heat and the rest, the sorrows that come in pairs, Rāghava: without the means of knowledge, how do they become bearable to the good?
Word by word
- śīta
- cold
- vāta
- wind
- ātapa
- heat
- ādīni
- and the rest
- dvandva
- in pairs
- duḥkhāni
- the sorrows
- rāghava
- Rāghava
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- yuktiṁ
- the means
- vinā
- without
- kēna
- how
- sahyatāṁ
- bearable
- yānti
- do they become
- sādhuṣu
- to the good
Meaning
The verse is a question that expects no answer, and the commentary supplies it: by no other means than knowledge. Note that the sorrows are not said to cease. The good feel the cold. What changes is sahyatā, bearableness. This is a modest claim, and an important one, for what is promised is a change in the one who bears them, with the weather staying as it is.