अन्धान्धमोहसुघनं चिरं दुःखाय केवलम् । कृतं शिलाया हृदयं दुर्मतेश्चाऽविचारिणः ॥ ५१ ॥
andhāndhamōhasughanaṁ ciraṁ duḥkhāya kēvalam | kṛtaṁ śilāyā hṛdayaṁ durmatēścā’vicāriṇaḥ || 51 ||
Translation
The heart of the dull-witted man without inquiry is made of stone: blinder than the blind, dense with delusion, made only for long sorrow.
Word by word
- andha
- than the blind
- mōha
- with delusion
- sughanaṁ
- dense
- ciraṁ
- long
- duḥkhāya
- for sorrow
- kēvalam
- only
- kṛtaṁ
- made
- śilāyā
- (śilāyāḥ) of stone
- hṛdayaṁ
- the heart
- durmatēś
- (durmateḥ) of the dull-witted man
- ca
- and
- avicāriṇaḥ
- without inquiry
Meaning
The commentary works the comparison both ways. A stone is made only to suffer the chisel, and is good for nothing else; it is blinder than the blind, being without sense at all, and harder than delusion. The heart without inquiry is likewise made for sorrow. The blind man falls into a well because he cannot see; the dull-witted man sees, and still falls into hell, pulled by delusion.