लोभमोहादयो दोषास्तानवं यान्त्यलं शनैः । धियो दिशः समासन्नशरदो मिहिका यथा ॥ १० ॥
lōbhamōhādayō dōṣāstānavaṁ yāntyalaṁ śanaiḥ | dhiyō diśaḥ samāsannaśaradō mihikā yathā || 10 ||
Translation
Greed, delusion and the other faults slowly dwindle away, as the mist of the directions does when autumn draws near.
Word by word
- lōbha
- greed
- mōha
- delusion
- ādayō
- (ādayaḥ) and the other
- dōṣās
- (doṣāḥ) faults
- tānavaṁ
- to thinness
- yānti
- go
- alaṁ
- away
- śanaiḥ
- slowly
- dhiyō
- (dhiyaḥ) of the understanding
- diśaḥ
- of the directions
- samāsanna
- when draws near
- śaradō
- (śaradaḥ) autumn
- mihikā
- the mist
- yathā
- as
Meaning
The commentary: as the fog of the quarters fades when autumn is close, so the faults of the understanding, greed, delusion and the rest, grow thin little by little. Nothing is said to be torn out. They dwindle, like mist when the season changes.