घनतामुपयातं हि प्रज्ञामान्द्यमचेतसाम् । याति स्थावरतामम्बु जाड्यात् पाषाणतामिव ॥ ६३ ॥
ghanatāmupayātaṁ hi prajñāmāndyamacētasām | yāti sthāvaratāmambu jāḍyāt pāṣāṇatāmiva || 63 ||
Translation
In the unthinking, dullness of mind grows dense and hardens, as water, through cold, goes solid and turns to stone.
Word by word
- ghanatām
- dense
- upayātaṁ
- grows
- hi
- indeed
- prajñā
- of mind
- māndyam
- dullness
- acētasām
- in the unthinking
- yāti
- goes
- sthāvaratām
- solid
- ambu
- water
- jāḍyāt
- through cold
- pāṣāṇatām
- to stone
- iva
- as
Meaning
The opposite of the preceding verses. Water is by nature fluid, and only cold has made it stone, and the image says the same of the mind. Dullness is a thickening: not a thing added, but the mind's own movement slowed until it has set. This also carries hope, for ice can melt. The warning is about what happens to thinking that is not used.