सीमान्तो गुणपूगानां पौरुषैकान्तभूषणम् । संकटेषु भयस्थाने शमः श्रीमान् विराजते ॥ ८३ ॥
sīmāntō guṇapūgānāṁ pauruṣaikāntabhūṣaṇam | saṁkaṭēṣu bhayasthānē śamaḥ śrīmān virājatē || 83 ||
Translation
The furthest bound of all the virtues, the one ornament of human effort: glorious peace stands out in dangers and in places of fear.
Word by word
- sīmāntō
- (sīmāntaḥ) the furthest bound
- guṇa
- of the virtues
- pūgānāṁ
- of all
- pauruṣa
- of human effort
- ēkānta
- the one
- bhūṣaṇam
- ornament
- saṁkaṭēṣu
- in dangers
- bhaya
- of fear
- sthānē
- in places
- śamaḥ
- peace
- śrīmān
- glorious
- virājatē
- stands out
Meaning
Śama is praised as the crown of the virtues and of pauruṣa, the effort so much praised in the sargas on fate. A reader might suppose peace and effort are at odds, and this phrase joins them. The commentary adds that it stands by a person in such places, and frees him from them. It is at its best where it is hardest.