मूढाः कालवशेनेह यद्गताः परमं पदम् । तद्विचारप्रदीपस्य विजृम्भितमनुत्तमम् ॥ ९ ॥
mūḍhāḥ kālavaśēnēha yadgatāḥ paramaṁ padam | tadvicārapradīpasya vijṛmbhitamanuttamam || 9 ||
Translation
That the deluded have reached the highest state here in the course of time is the unsurpassed working of the lamp of inquiry.
Word by word
- mūḍhāḥ
- the deluded
- kāla
- of time
- vaśēna
- in the course
- iha
- here
- yad
- that
- gatāḥ
- have reached
- paramaṁ
- the highest
- padam
- state
- tad
- that
- vicāra
- of inquiry
- pradīpasya
- of the lamp
- vijṛmbhitam
- the working
- anuttamam
- unsurpassed
Meaning
The commentary takes 'the deluded' as those who did not know the means of crossing saṁsāra. Some of them have reached the goal in time, and the verse gives the credit to inquiry, not to luck or to the passing of time. The lamp showed them the way, and that is its finest fruit. It is a hopeful verse: the starting point is no bar.