ततो मामीश्वरः सृष्ट्वा ज्ञानेनाऽऽयोज्य चाऽसकृत् । विससर्ज महीपीठं लोकस्याऽज्ञानशान्तये ॥ ७ ॥
tatō māmīśvaraḥ sṛṣṭvā jñānēnā’’yōjya cā’sakṛt | visasarja mahīpīṭhaṁ lōkasyā’jñānaśāntayē || 7 ||
Translation
Then the Lord created me and, joining me to knowledge again and again, sent me out to the seat of the earth, for the quieting of the world's ignorance.
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- mām
- me
- īśvaraḥ
- the Lord
- sṛṣṭvā
- created
- jñānēna
- to knowledge
- āyōjya
- joining
- ca
- and
- asakṛt
- again and again
- visasarja
- sent out
- mahī
- of the earth
- pīṭhaṁ
- to the seat
- lōkasya
- of the world's
- ajñāna
- ignorance
- śāntayē
- for the quieting
Meaning
Āyojya ca asakṛt, joining again and again. The commentary reads this as repeated instruction, which fits with the last sarga. Even Vasiṣṭha needed to hear it more than once. Ajñāna-śāntaye, for the quieting of ignorance: the word used is śānti, peace, as of a fever going down. Ignorance is not fought here. It is calmed.