धर्मभित्तौ भृशं लग्नां धियं धैर्यधुरं गताम् । आधयो न विधुन्वन्ति वाताश्चित्रलतामिव ॥ २४ ॥
dharmabhittau bhṛśaṁ lagnāṁ dhiyaṁ dhairyadhuraṁ gatām | ādhayō na vidhunvanti vātāścitralatāmiva || 24 ||
Translation
Pains of the mind do not shake the understanding that clings fast to the wall of dharma and has taken on the burden of steadiness, as winds do not shake a painted creeper.
Word by word
- dharma
- of dharma
- bhittau
- to the wall
- bhṛśaṁ
- fast
- lagnāṁ
- that clings
- dhiyaṁ
- the understanding
- dhairya
- of steadiness
- dhuraṁ
- the burden
- gatām
- has taken on
- ādhayō
- (ādhayaḥ) pains of the mind
- na
- not
- vidhunvanti
- shake
- vātāś
- (vātāḥ) winds
- citra
- painted
- latām
- a creeper
- iva
- as
Meaning
A painted creeper does not move however hard the wind blows. The commentary explains the wall as dharma, or as the supreme Self, the ground on which the picture of the world is painted. The understanding fixed there is not moved.