यथोषसि प्रवृत्तायामालोकोऽवश्यमेष्यति । अस्यां वाचितमात्रायां सुविवेकस्तथैष्यति ॥ ५ ॥
yathōṣasi pravṛttāyāmālōkō’vaśyamēṣyati | asyāṁ vācitamātrāyāṁ suvivēkastathaiṣyati || 5 ||
- Another reading: वा चित्तमात्रायां (vā cittamātrāyāṁ) for वाचितमात्रायां
Translation
As when dawn has begun light will surely come, so when this is merely read, sound discrimination will come.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- uṣasi
- dawn
- pravṛttāyām
- when has begun
- ālōkō
- (ālokaḥ) light
- avaśyam
- surely
- ēṣyati
- will come
- asyāṁ
- this
- vācita
- read
- mātrāyāṁ
- when merely
- suvivēkas
- (suvivekaḥ) sound discrimination
- tathā
- so
Meaning
The image of verse 1 again, now in time. Dawn does not need to be helped into day. The commentary takes it as the mark of this work over others: once begun, discrimination follows of itself.