शमामृतरसाच्छन्नं मनो यामेति निर्वृतिम् । छिन्नान्यपि तयाऽङ्गानि मन्ये रोहन्ति राघव ॥ ६५ ॥
śamāmṛtarasācchannaṁ manō yāmēti nirvṛtim | chinnānyapi tayā’ṅgāni manyē rōhanti rāghava || 65 ||
Translation
With the happiness the mind finds when it is steeped in the taste of peace's nectar, even limbs that were cut off, I think, grow back, Rāghava.
Word by word
- śama
- of peace
- amṛta
- nectar
- rasa
- the taste
- ācchannaṁ
- steeped in
- manō
- (manaḥ) the mind
- yām
- which
- ēti
- finds
- nirvṛtim
- happiness
- chinnāni
- cut off
- api
- even
- tayā
- with that
- aṅgāni
- limbs
- manyē
- I think
- rōhanti
- grow back
- rāghava
- Rāghava
Meaning
Manye, I think: the commentary gives this as Vasiṣṭha's settled opinion. Taken plainly, the verse is a picture of the healing force of an inward peace, for which even a severed limb seems a small thing.