अन्यच्च राघव प्रसन्ने चित्तत्त्वे हृदि शमभवे वल्गति परे शमाभोगीभूतास्वखिलकलनादृष्टिषु पुरः । समं याति स्वान्तःकरणघटनास्वादितरसं धिया दृष्टे तत्त्वे रमणमटनं जागतमिदम् ॥ २१ ॥
anyacca rāghava prasannē cittattvē hṛdi śamabhavē valgati parē śamābhōgībhūtāsvakhilakalanādṛṣṭiṣu puraḥ | samaṁ yāti svāntaḥkaraṇaghaṭanāsvāditarasaṁ dhiyā dṛṣṭē tattvē ramaṇamaṭanaṁ jāgatamidam || 21 ||
Translation
And again, Rāghava: when the reality of consciousness is clear; when the supreme calm born in the heart stirs; when all the views made by the mind's constructing have before one become wide expanses of peace: then the inner being comes to evenness, having tasted its savour in its own working. The truth having been seen by the mind, this wandering through the world is a delight.
Word by word
- anyacca
- and again
- rāghava
- Rāghava
- prasannē
- clear
- cit
- of consciousness
- tattvē
- the reality
- hṛdi
- in the heart
- śama
- calm
- bhavē
- born
- valgati
- stirs
- parē
- supreme
- ābhōgī
- wide expanses
- bhūtāsu
- have become
- akhila
- all
- kalanā
- of the mind's constructing
- dṛṣṭiṣu
- the views
- puraḥ
- before one
- samaṁ
- to evenness
- yāti
- comes
- sva
- its own
- antaḥkaraṇa
- inner being
- ghaṭanā
- in the working
- āsvādita
- having tasted
- rasaṁ
- the savour
- dhiyā
- by the mind
- dṛṣṭē
- having been seen
- ramaṇam
- a delight
- aṭanaṁ
- wandering
- jāgatam
- through the world
- idam
- this
Meaning
The commentary reads cit-tattva as that reality whose nature is consciousness alone. Kalanā is a key word of this work: the mind's activity of constructing and measuring. Its products, the many views, are not destroyed here. Each of them becomes śamābhoga, a spreading expanse of calm: the commentary explains that all states of the intellect become the tasting of peace. Then comes samaṁ yāti, it becomes even. Before the taste of Brahman, one's inner being is forever uneven, up and down. With it the see-saw stops. The earlier verse gave the means, and this one tells what it is like. It may be noticed that the description is entirely positive: stillness here is a savour, rasa, and something that is enjoyed.