शास्त्रं सुबोधमेवेदं सालङ्कारविभूषितम् । काव्यं रसमयं चारु दृष्टान्तैः प्रतिपादितम् ॥ ३३ ॥
śāstraṁ subōdhamēvēdaṁ sālaṅkāravibhūṣitam | kāvyaṁ rasamayaṁ cāru dṛṣṭāntaiḥ pratipāditam || 33 ||
Translation
This work is easy to understand, adorned with figures of speech; it is poetry full of feeling, lovely, set out with illustrations.
Word by word
- śāstraṁ
- work
- subōdham
- easy to understand
- ēva
- indeed
- idaṁ
- this
- sālaṅkāra
- with figures of speech
- vibhūṣitam
- adorned
- kāvyaṁ
- poetry
- rasamayaṁ
- full of feeling
- cāru
- lovely
- dṛṣṭāntaiḥ
- with illustrations
- pratipāditam
- set out
Meaning
The commentary lists its graces: sweetness and figures of sound and sense. It is understood without labour. The Yoga Vāsiṣṭha is both teaching and poetry; its figures and stories are how the teaching enters.