अज्ञानघनयामिन्या संकोचं न नराम्बुजम् । यात्यसावुदितो यस्य नित्यं संतोषभास्करः ॥ १० ॥
ajñānaghanayāminyā saṁkōcaṁ na narāmbujam | yātyasāvuditō yasya nityaṁ saṁtōṣabhāskaraḥ || 10 ||
Translation
The lotus that is a man does not close in the dense night of ignorance when the sun of contentment has risen for him for good.
Word by word
- ajñāna
- of ignorance
- ghana
- in the dense
- yāminyā
- night
- saṁkōcaṁ
- to closing
- na
- not
- nara
- that is a man
- ambujam
- the lotus
- yāti
- comes
- asau
- that
- uditō
- (uditaḥ) has risen
- yasya
- for whom
- nityaṁ
- for good
- saṁtōṣa
- of contentment
- bhāskaraḥ
- the sun
Meaning
Lotuses close at nightfall. One for whom contentment has risen like a sun that never sets does not close, however deep the night of ignorance around him. Ignorance may still surround him, in the world and in others, and he stays open.