बलं बुद्धिश्च तेजश्च प्रतिपत्तिः क्रिया फलम् । फलन्त्येतानि सर्वाणि विचारेणैव धीमताम् ॥ ६ ॥
balaṁ buddhiśca tējaśca pratipattiḥ kriyā phalam | phalantyētāni sarvāṇi vicārēṇaiva dhīmatām || 6 ||
Translation
Strength, intelligence, vigour, presence of mind, action and its fruit: all these bear fruit for the wise through inquiry alone.
Word by word
- balaṁ
- strength
- buddhiś
- (buddhiḥ) intelligence
- ca
- and
- tējaś
- (tejaḥ) vigour
- pratipattiḥ
- presence of mind
- kriyā
- action
- phalam
- its fruit
- phalanti
- bear fruit
- ētāni
- these
- sarvāṇi
- all
- vicārēṇa
- through inquiry
- ēva
- alone
- dhīmatām
- for the wise
Meaning
Pratipatti is glossed by the commentary as the right idea at the right moment. The list is worldly: these are the qualities that make a king or anyone effective. Vasiṣṭha does not set inquiry against them. It is what makes them succeed, for strength without judgement and action without understanding come to nothing.