इह हीन्दोरिवोदेति शीतलाह्लादनं हृदि । परिस्पन्दफलप्राप्तौ पौरुषादेव नाऽन्यतः ॥ ९ ॥
iha hīndōrivōdēti śītalāhlādanaṁ hṛdi | parispandaphalaprāptau pauruṣādēva nā’nyataḥ || 9 ||
Translation
Here, when the fruit of striving is reached, a cool delight rises in the heart like the moon; it comes from effort alone, from nothing else.
Word by word
- iha
- here
- hi
- indeed
- indōr
- (indoḥ) the moon
- iva
- like
- udēti
- rises
- śītala
- cool
- āhlādanaṁ
- a delight
- hṛdi
- in the heart
- parispanda
- of striving
- phala
- the fruit
- prāptau
- when is reached
- pauruṣād
- (pauruṣāt) from effort
- ēva
- alone
- na
- not
- anyataḥ
- from anything else
Meaning
What effort finally wins. When the fruit of striving (parispanda) ripens, a cool gladness rises in the heart as the moon rises. The commentary: through the purification of the mind by bodily, verbal and mental acts as scripture directs, knowledge comes, and with it the seal of the happiness of freedom while living, cool as the moon, free of the heat of desire and anger. It quotes the Upaniṣad: the joy of one learned in the Veda and free of desire equals the bliss of Brahman. "From effort alone, from nothing else": even this inner peace, which seems a gift, is the fruit of striving.