मातरीव परं यान्ति विषमाणि मृदूनि च । विश्वासमिह भूतानि सर्वाणि शमशालिनि ॥ ६१ ॥
mātarīva paraṁ yānti viṣamāṇi mṛdūni ca | viśvāsamiha bhūtāni sarvāṇi śamaśālini || 61 ||
Translation
As in a mother, all beings here, the harsh and the gentle alike, come to the fullest trust in one who has peace.
Word by word
- mātari
- in a mother
- iva
- as
- paraṁ
- the fullest
- yānti
- come
- viṣamāṇi
- the harsh
- mṛdūni
- the gentle
- ca
- and
- viśvāsam
- to trust
- iha
- here
- bhūtāni
- beings
- sarvāṇi
- all
- śama
- peace
- śālini
- in one who has
Meaning
Viṣamāṇi mṛdūni ca, the harsh and the mild. The commentary reads these as the cruel-hearted and the tender. Trust in a mother is what one has before one has thought about it. This calm is not intimidating, and it is safe to be near. Even hard people, who do not trust easily, can relax around it.