दृष्टान्तेन विना राम नाऽपूर्वार्थोऽवबुध्यते । यथा दीपं विना रात्रौ भाण्डोपस्करणं गृहे ॥ ५१ ॥
dṛṣṭāntēna vinā rāma nā’pūrvārthō’vabudhyatē | yathā dīpaṁ vinā rātrau bhāṇḍōpaskaraṇaṁ gṛhē || 51 ||
Translation
Without an illustration, Rāma, a thing not known before is not understood, as without a lamp at night the pots and things in a house are not seen.
Word by word
- dṛṣṭāntēna
- an illustration
- vinā
- without
- rāma
- Rāma
- na
- not
- apūrva
- not known before
- arthō
- (arthaḥ) a thing
- avabudhyatē
- is understood
- yathā
- as
- dīpaṁ
- a lamp
- rātrau
- at night
- bhāṇḍa
- the pots
- upaskaraṇaṁ
- and things
- gṛhē
- in a house
Meaning
The commentary: as without a lamp the jars and cloths in a house at night are not seen, so without an illustration the unknown meaning is not known. That is why the work is full of stories.