उक्तावधानपरमा परमार्थविवेचिनी । विशत्यर्थं तव प्रज्ञा जलमध्यमिवाऽर्कभाः ॥ ५४ ॥
uktāvadhānaparamā paramārthavivēcinī | viśatyarthaṁ tava prajñā jalamadhyamivā’rkabhāḥ || 54 ||
Translation
Your understanding, supreme in attention to what is said and discerning the highest, enters the meaning as the sun's light enters water.
Word by word
- ukta
- to what is said
- avadhāna
- in attention
- paramā
- supreme
- paramārtha
- the highest
- vivēcinī
- discerning
- viśati
- enters
- arthaṁ
- the meaning
- tava
- your
- prajñā
- understanding
- jala
- water
- madhyam
- into
- iva
- as
- arka
- the sun's
- bhāḥ
- light
Meaning
The commentary sees two faculties in the first half: a retentive intelligence and a discerning insight. Sunlight is the perfect image. It passes into water at once, without effort or disturbance, and it lights what is there without adding to it. Good understanding works the same way. It does not bring its own content. It lets the meaning be seen.