एवं पुरुषकारेण सर्वमेव रघूद्वह । प्राप्यते नेतरेणेह तस्मात् स शुभदोऽस्तु ते ॥ २२ ॥
ēvaṁ puruṣakārēṇa sarvamēva raghūdvaha | prāpyatē nētarēṇēha tasmāt sa śubhadō’stu tē || 22 ||
Translation
Thus by effort everything is gained, delight of the Raghus, and by nothing else here. So let that bring you good.
Word by word
- ēvaṁ
- thus
- puruṣakārēṇa
- by effort
- sarvam
- everything
- ēva
- indeed
- raghūdvaha
- delight of the Raghus
- prāpyatē
- is gained
- na
- not
- itarēṇa
- by anything else
- iha
- here
- tasmāt
- so
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- śubhadō
- (śubhadaḥ) bring good
- astu
- let
- tē
- to you
Meaning
A benediction closes this part of the argument. Another commentary: therefore may effort be the giver of good to you. It is touching that after such hard reasoning the teacher ends with a blessing. Doctrine alone does not move a person. Vasiṣṭha wishes Rāma well, and Rāma can feel that he does. Those who have learned from a real teacher know how much of what they took away came from this.