मनः प्रसादमायाति शरदीव महत्सरः । परं साम्यमुपादत्ते निर्मन्दर इवाऽर्णवः ॥ १२ ॥
manaḥ prasādamāyāti śaradīva mahatsaraḥ | paraṁ sāmyamupādattē nirmandara ivā’rṇavaḥ || 12 ||
Translation
The mind becomes clear, like a great lake in autumn; it takes on the highest evenness, like the ocean without Mandara.
Word by word
- manaḥ
- the mind
- prasādam
- clear
- āyāti
- becomes
- śaradi
- in autumn
- iva
- like
- mahat
- a great
- saraḥ
- lake
- paraṁ
- the highest
- sāmyam
- evenness
- upādattē
- takes on
- nirmandara
- without Mandara
- arṇavaḥ
- the ocean
Meaning
The ocean was churned with Mount Mandara as the churning rod. Taken out, the ocean is still. The commentary takes both images as the stilling of agitation through the practice of discrimination.