विवेकितोदिता देहे सर्वं शीतलयत्यलम् । अलङ्करोति चाऽत्यन्तं ज्योत्स्नेव भुवनं यथा ॥ २२ ॥
vivēkitōditā dēhē sarvaṁ śītalayatyalam | alaṅkarōti cā’tyantaṁ jyōtsnēva bhuvanaṁ yathā || 22 ||
Translation
Discernment, risen in the body, cools everything well and adorns it greatly, as moonlight does the world.
Word by word
- vivēkitā
- discernment
- uditā
- risen
- dēhē
- in the body
- sarvaṁ
- everything
- śītalayati
- cools
- alam
- well
- alaṅkarōti
- adorns
- ca
- and
- atyantaṁ
- greatly
- jyōtsnā
- moonlight
- iva
- as
- bhuvanaṁ
- the world
- yathā
- as
Meaning
The commentary pairs the two effects with moonlight, which both makes the world beautiful and cools the thirsty. Discernment does the same within. It is said to rise in the body: what is gained by inquiry is not only an idea; the whole person is cooled by it, and the change shows.