विचारकान्तमतयो नाऽनेकेषु पुनः पुनः । लुठन्ति दुःखश्वभ्रेषु ज्ञाताध्वगतयो नराः ॥ ४४ ॥
vicārakāntamatayō nā’nēkēṣu punaḥ punaḥ | luṭhanti duḥkhaśvabhrēṣu jñātādhvagatayō narāḥ || 44 ||
Translation
Men whose minds are lovely with inquiry, who know the way to go, do not fall again and again into the many pits of sorrow.
Word by word
- vicāra
- with inquiry
- kānta
- lovely
- matayō
- (matayaḥ) whose minds
- na
- not
- anēkēṣu
- into the many
- punaḥ
- again
- luṭhanti
- fall
- duḥkha
- of sorrow
- śvabhrēṣu
- into the pits
- jñāta
- who know
- adhva
- the way
- gatayō
- (gatayaḥ) to go
- narāḥ
- men
Meaning
The commentary takes the pits as the round of birth and death. A traveller who knows the road does not fall into the same ditch twice, and the one who has inquired does not repeat the pattern that leads back into birth.