द्विविधो वासनाव्यूहः शुभश्चैवाऽशुभश्च ते । प्राक्तनो विद्यते राम द्वयोरेकतरोऽथवा ॥ २५ ॥
dvividhō vāsanāvyūhaḥ śubhaścaivā’śubhaśca tē | prāktanō vidyatē rāma dvayōrēkatarō’thavā || 25 ||
Translation
Your host of tendencies from the past is of two kinds, good and bad, Rāma: either of the two is present in you.
Word by word
- dvividhō
- (dvividhaḥ) of two kinds
- vāsanā
- of tendencies
- vyūhaḥ
- host
- śubhaś
- (śubhaḥ) good
- ca
- and
- ēva
- indeed
- aśubhaś
- (aśubhaḥ) bad
- tē
- your
- prāktanō
- (prāktanaḥ) from the past
- vidyatē
- is present
- rāma
- Rāma
- dvayōr
- (dvayoḥ) of the two
- ēkatarō
- (ekataraḥ) either
- athavā
- or
Meaning
Now the practical analysis. Tendencies come in two kinds. This simple remark is the turning point. Rāma spoke of "the net" as one thing, and it is not. Everyone carries a stock of both. No one has only bad inclinations, and the kind one is also has its momentum from long ago. So a person is not one will struggling against a dead past. He stands between two living currents, and each of them is himself. The next verses take each case.