मनो हि सर्वभूतानां प्रसादमधिगच्छति । न तथेन्दोर्यथा शान्ते जने जनितकौतुकम् ॥ ५९ ॥
manō hi sarvabhūtānāṁ prasādamadhigacchati | na tathēndōryathā śāntē janē janitakautukam || 59 ||
Translation
The minds of all beings do not grow as clear from the moon as they do, with a sense of wonder, in the presence of a peaceful person.
Word by word
- manō
- (manaḥ) the minds
- hi
- indeed
- sarva
- of all
- bhūtānāṁ
- beings
- prasādam
- clear
- adhigacchati
- grow
- na
- not
- tathā
- as
- indōr
- (indoḥ) from the moon
- yathā
- as
- śāntē
- peaceful
- janē
- in the presence of a person
- janita
- stirred
- kautukam
- with wonder
Meaning
One of the verses of this sarga that the reader can test. Most people will remember someone in whose presence they simply felt better, more settled and more awake, without a word being spoken. Janita-kautukam, stirred to wonder: this is the same word kautuka that the free have lost. In this one sense, it is their calm that wakes it in others.