शृणु तावदिदानीं त्वं कथ्यमानमिदं मया । राघव ज्ञानविस्तारं बुद्धिसारतरान्तरम् ॥ ४८ ॥
śṛṇu tāvadidānīṁ tvaṁ kathyamānamidaṁ mayā | rāghava jñānavistāraṁ buddhisāratarāntaram || 48 ||
Translation
Now listen, Rāghava, to this unfolding of knowledge that I am telling you, whose inner meaning is the very essence of understanding.
Word by word
- śṛṇu
- listen
- tāvad
- now
- idānīṁ
- now
- tvaṁ
- you
- kathyamānam
- that I am telling
- idaṁ
- this
- mayā
- by me
- rāghava
- Rāghava
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- vistāraṁ
- the unfolding
- buddhi
- of understanding
- sāratara
- the very essence
- antaram
- whose inner meaning
Meaning
The commentary reads the compound as knowledge whose content is the inner Self, more essential than the understanding itself, and which widens knowledge. Vasiṣṭha now turns from the work's merits to how it should be read.