मोक्षोपायकृता ग्रन्थकारेणाऽन्येऽपि ये कृताः । ग्रन्थास्तेष्वियमेवैका व्यवस्था बोध्यबोधने ॥ ६० ॥
mōkṣōpāyakṛtā granthakārēṇā’nyē’pi yē kṛtāḥ | granthāstēṣviyamēvaikā vyavasthā bōdhyabōdhanē || 60 ||
Translation
In the other works too that the author of the Means to Liberation has made, this one rule holds for teaching what is to be known.
Word by word
- mōkṣōpāya
- of the Means to Liberation
- kṛtā
- made
- granthakārēṇa
- by the author
- anyē
- other
- api
- too
- yē
- which
- kṛtāḥ
- he has made
- granthās
- (granthāḥ) works
- tēṣu
- in them
- iyam
- this
- ēva
- indeed
- ēkā
- one
- vyavasthā
- rule
- bōdhya
- what is to be known
- bōdhanē
- for teaching
Meaning
The commentary takes the author as Vālmīki, and the other works as the Rāmāyaṇa and the rest: there too an illustration teaches by likeness in the part where likeness is possible. The rule of verse 54 is not special to this work.