स्वयं ज्ञाता श्रुता वाऽपि भ्रान्तिशान्त्यैकसौख्यदा । आप्रेक्ष्य वर्णिता सद्यो यथा स्वर्गतरङ्गिणी ॥ ८ ॥
svayaṁ jñātā śrutā vā’pi bhrāntiśāntyaikasaukhyadā | āprēkṣya varṇitā sadyō yathā svargataraṅgiṇī || 8 ||
Translation
Known by oneself or heard from another, it gives at once the one happiness of the calming of delusion, as the river of heaven does when it is seen or described.
Word by word
- svayaṁ
- by oneself
- jñātā
- known
- śrutā
- heard from another
- vā
- or
- api
- even
- bhrānti
- of delusion
- śānti
- of the calming
- ēka
- the one
- saukhya
- happiness
- dā
- it gives
- āprēkṣya
- when seen
- varṇitā
- or described
- sadyō
- (sadyaḥ) at once
- yathā
- as
- svarga
- of heaven
- taraṅgiṇī
- the river
Meaning
The river of heaven is the Gaṅgā. The commentary: as the Gaṅgā, whether seen in person or heard of from another, at once gives happiness by calming the sin and pain that lead through many births, so this collection, studied for oneself or heard from another, quickly gives happiness by ending ignorance. Neither the river nor the teaching has to be reached in a particular way.