सफलतां फलते भुवि कर्मणां प्रकटतां किल गच्छति उत्तमाम् । स्फुटविचारदृशैव विचारिता शमवते भवते च विरोचताम् ॥ ५४ ॥
saphalatāṁ phalatē bhuvi karmaṇāṁ prakaṭatāṁ kila gacchati uttamām | sphuṭavicāradṛśaiva vicāritā śamavatē bhavatē ca virōcatām || 54 ||
Translation
Through the clear sight of inquiry alone, works on earth come to success and reach the highest clarity. May this habit of inquiry delight you, who have peace.
Word by word
- saphalatāṁ
- to success
- phalatē
- come
- bhuvi
- on earth
- karmaṇāṁ
- works
- prakaṭatāṁ
- clarity
- kila
- indeed
- gacchati
- reach
- uttamām
- the highest
- sphuṭa
- the clear
- vicāra
- of inquiry
- dṛśā
- through the sight
- ēva
- alone
- vicāritā
- the habit of inquiry
- śamavatē
- who have peace
- bhavatē
- you
- ca
- and
- virōcatām
- may it delight
Meaning
The sarga ends in drutavilambita. The commentary reads the two clauses as the two worlds: by clear inquiry people succeed in their works, those of the Veda and those of daily life, and by inquiry too they reach the highest clarity of the Self, the seventh stage of knowledge, to be described later. Śamavate, to you who have peace, ties the second gatekeeper to the first. Rāma already has peace, and with it the other virtues; inquiry is to be added to them.