एवंनामा हि पुरुषो दृढभावनया यथा । नित्यं प्रयतते राम फलमाप्नोत्यलं तथा ॥ २१ ॥
ēvaṁnāmā hi puruṣō dṛḍhabhāvanayā yathā | nityaṁ prayatatē rāma phalamāpnōtyalaṁ tathā || 21 ||
Translation
For the person so named, Rāma, as he strives always with firm conviction, so he surely gets the fruit.
Word by word
- ēvaṁ
- so
- nāmā
- named
- hi
- for
- puruṣō
- (puruṣaḥ) the person
- dṛḍha
- firm
- bhāvanayā
- with conviction
- yathā
- as
- nityaṁ
- always
- prayatatē
- he strives
- rāma
- Rāma
- phalam
- the fruit
- āpnōty
- (āpnoti) he gets
- alaṁ
- surely
- tathā
- so
Meaning
"So named" (evaṁ-nāmā): the person who is called mind, thought and the rest. Bhāvanā is a word of weight, the steady holding of an idea until it becomes one's reality. Another commentary says just this: as he strives daily with firm conviction, so he gets the fruit. The Yoga Vāsiṣṭha is going to say that this is how worlds are made. Here it is plainer. What is held steadily and worked at comes about. What is held for an afternoon does not.