पूर्वापरज्ञः सर्वत्र नरो भवति बुद्धिमान् । पदार्थानां यथा दीपहस्तो निशि सुलोचनः ॥ ९ ॥
pūrvāparajñaḥ sarvatra narō bhavati buddhimān | padārthānāṁ yathā dīpahastō niśi sulōcanaḥ || 9 ||
Translation
A man becomes wise, knowing what comes before and after in everything, as one with good eyes, lamp in hand at night, knows the things around him.
Word by word
- pūrva
- what comes before
- apara
- and after
- jñaḥ
- knowing
- sarvatra
- in everything
- narō
- (naraḥ) a man
- bhavati
- becomes
- buddhimān
- wise
- padārthānāṁ
- of the things
- yathā
- as
- dīpa
- lamp
- hastō
- (hastaḥ) in hand
- niśi
- at night
- sulōcanaḥ
- one with good eyes
Meaning
Pūrvāpara, before and after: the commentary takes it as knowing the connection of things. The lamp in a dark room shows how one thing stands to another. Such a person sees consequences before they arrive.