महापदतिदीर्घेषु सद्विचारपरो नरः । न निमज्जति मोहेषु तेजोराशिस्तमःस्विव ॥ १५ ॥
mahāpadatidīrghēṣu sadvicāraparō naraḥ | na nimajjati mōhēṣu tējōrāśistamaḥsviva || 15 ||
Translation
A man intent on sound inquiry does not sink in delusions, though long and full of great misfortune, as a mass of light does not sink in darkness.
Word by word
- mahāpad
- (mahā-āpad) full of great misfortune
- atidīrghēṣu
- though long
- sad
- sound
- vicāra
- on inquiry
- parō
- (paraḥ) intent
- naraḥ
- a man
- na
- not
- nimajjati
- sinks
- mōhēṣu
- in delusions
- tējō
- (tejaḥ) of light
- rāśis
- (rāśiḥ) a mass
- tamaḥsu
- in darkness
- iva
- as
Meaning
The commentary takes the mass of light as the sun, which is not lost in the thickest darkness but ends it and stays bright. The comparison goes further than the gourd of verse 11. The gourd only stays afloat; the sun removes what would have drowned it.