इह हि विकौतुका विगतविकल्पविप्लवा यथास्थिता हरिहरपद्मजादयः । नरोत्तमाः समधिगतात्मदीपका- स्तथा स्थिता जगति विशुद्धबुद्धयः ॥ १९ ॥
iha hi vikautukā vigatavikalpaviplavā yathāsthitā hariharapadmajādayaḥ | narōttamāḥ samadhigatātmadīpakā- stathā sthitā jagati viśuddhabuddhayaḥ || 19 ||
Translation
Here, indeed: free from curiosity, free of the upheavals of mental fancy, as Hari, Hara, the Lotus-born and the rest abide, so in the world abide the best of people, pure in understanding, who have gained the lamp of the Self.
Word by word
- iha
- here
- hi
- indeed
- vikautukā
- (vikautukāḥ) free from curiosity
- vigata
- free of
- vikalpa
- of mental fancy
- viplavā
- (viplavāḥ) the upheavals
- yathā
- as
- sthitā
- (sthitāḥ) abide
- hari
- Hari
- hara
- Hara
- padmaja
- the Lotus-born
- ādayaḥ
- and the rest
- narōttamāḥ
- the best of people
- samadhigata
- who have gained
- ātma
- of the Self
- dīpakās
- (dīpakāḥ) the lamp
- tathā
- so
- jagati
- in the world
- viśuddha
- pure
- buddhayaḥ
- in understanding
Meaning
The state of such people is now described, in a verse of the rucirā metre. Vikautuka is an unusual word to find in a list of virtues. Kautuka is eager interest, and the commentary explains: the urge to see and enjoy objects. It is the small itch for what comes next, which is much of what a mind does all day. Vikalpa-viplava, the flood of mental fancy. Their removal is the mark. The comparison with Viṣṇu, Śiva and Brahmā is a high one. Another commentary raises the obvious question: if such people are fulfilled like the gods, why do they go about in the world? And it answers that their wandering is play, which the coming three verses take up. Ātma-dīpaka, the lamp of the Self: at 2.10.11 that lamp was in all creatures. These have merely found it.