मूर्खहृत्काननस्थानामाशाप्रथमरोधिनाम् । अविचारकरञ्जानां मञ्जर्यो दुःखरीतयः ॥ १३ ॥
mūrkhahṛtkānanasthānāmāśāprathamarōdhinām | avicārakarañjānāṁ mañjaryō duḥkharītayaḥ || 13 ||
Translation
Sorrows of every kind are the flower-clusters of the karañja trees of non-inquiry, which stand in the forest of the fool's heart and are the first to block hope.
Word by word
- mūrkha
- of the fool
- hṛt
- of the heart
- kānana
- in the forest
- sthānām
- which stand
- āśā
- hope
- prathama
- the first
- rōdhinām
- to block
- avicāra
- of non-inquiry
- karañjānāṁ
- of the karañja trees
- mañjaryō
- (mañjaryaḥ) the flower-clusters
- duḥkha
- sorrows
- rītayaḥ
- of every kind
Meaning
Āśā means both hope and the quarters of the sky, and the commentary uses both. The karañja grows in the forest and spreads until it closes off the directions; non-inquiry lives in the fool's heart and first of all closes off the hope of liberation. Its flowers are sorrows. The verse turns from praising inquiry to showing what its absence grows.