यानि दुःखानि या तृष्णा दुःसहा ये दुराधयः । तत्सर्वं शान्तचेतःसु तमोऽर्केष्विव नश्यति ॥ ५८ ॥
yāni duḥkhāni yā tṛṣṇā duḥsahā yē durādhayaḥ | tatsarvaṁ śāntacētaḥsu tamō’rkēṣviva naśyati || 58 ||
Translation
Whatever sorrows, whatever craving hard to bear, whatever evil anxieties there are, all perish in the peaceful mind, as darkness in the suns.
Word by word
- yāni
- whatever
- duḥkhāni
- sorrows
- yā
- whatever
- tṛṣṇā
- craving
- duḥsahā
- hard to bear
- yē
- whatever
- durādhayaḥ
- evil anxieties
- tat
- that
- sarvaṁ
- all
- śānta
- peaceful
- cētaḥsu
- in the mind
- tamō
- (tamaḥ) darkness
- arkēṣu
- in the suns
- iva
- as
- naśyati
- perish
Meaning
Tamo'rkeṣu, darkness in suns: the commentary reads the plural as the light of many suns. Darkness has no place in a sun at all. It is not that sorrow is overcome by a stronger force. In the peaceful mind there is nothing it could stand upon.