ज्ञानाच्छमादयो यान्ति वृद्धिं सत्पुरुषक्रमाः । श्लाघनीयाः फलेनाऽन्तर्वृष्टेरिव नवाङ्कुराः ॥ ४ ॥
jñānācchamādayō yānti vṛddhiṁ satpuruṣakramāḥ | ślāghanīyāḥ phalēnā’ntarvṛṣṭēriva navāṅkurāḥ || 4 ||
Translation
From knowledge the ways of the good, calm and the rest, grow, praiseworthy for their fruit, as young shoots grow from the rain within.
Word by word
- jñānāt
- from knowledge
- śama
- calm
- ādayō
- (ādayaḥ) and the rest
- yānti
- go to
- vṛddhiṁ
- growth
- satpuruṣa
- of the good
- kramāḥ
- the ways
- ślāghanīyāḥ
- praiseworthy
- phalēna
- for their fruit
- antar
- (antaḥ) within
- vṛṣṭēr
- (vṛṣṭeḥ) from the rain
- iva
- as
- nava
- young
- aṅkurāḥ
- shoots
Meaning
Now the other direction: knowledge feeds the virtues. The commentary: as new shoots grow from the rain, so with the rising of the Self's own happiness the praiseworthy conduct of the good, calm and the rest, grows, and so do the qualities of knowledge such as humility. Another commentary names it: from realisation of the Self. The rain falls into the soil, out of sight, and the shoots show above it. Knowledge works within, and conduct shows it.