मानसे सरसि स्वच्छे विचारकमलोत्करः । नूनं विकसितो यस्य हिमवानिव भाति सः ॥ १६ ॥
mānasē sarasi svacchē vicārakamalōtkaraḥ | nūnaṁ vikasitō yasya himavāniva bhāti saḥ || 16 ||
Translation
One in the clear lake of whose mind a cluster of lotuses of inquiry has surely blossomed shines like the Himālaya.
Word by word
- mānasē
- of the mind
- sarasi
- in the lake
- svacchē
- clear
- vicāra
- of inquiry
- kamala
- of lotuses
- utkaraḥ
- a cluster
- nūnaṁ
- surely
- vikasitō
- (vikasitaḥ) has blossomed
- yasya
- in whose
- himavān
- the Himālaya
- iva
- like
- bhāti
- shines
- saḥ
- he
Meaning
The commentary draws out the likeness: coolness, height and steadiness. It adds that the Himālaya too has its clear Mānasa lake, where lotuses always bloom. The pun is in the word mānasa, which is both 'of the mind' and the name of that lake. The one who inquires becomes what the mountain is: high, unmoved, and cool to those who come near.