इदानीमपि ते याति घनतां वासनाऽनघ । अभ्यासवशतस्तस्माच्छुभाभ्यासमुपाहर ॥ ३६ ॥
idānīmapi tē yāti ghanatāṁ vāsanā’nagha | abhyāsavaśatastasmācchubhābhyāsamupāhara || 36 ||
Translation
Now too, sinless one, your tendency is thickening through the force of practice. So take up the practice of the good.
Word by word
- idānīm
- now
- api
- too
- tē
- your
- yāti
- is
- ghanatāṁ
- thickening
- vāsanā
- tendency
- anagha
- sinless one
- abhyāsa
- of practice
- vaśatas
- (vaśataḥ) through the force
- tasmāc
- (tasmāt) so
- śubha
- of the good
- abhyāsam
- the practice
- upāhara
- take up
Meaning
It has not stopped, says Vasiṣṭha. Idānīm api, "now too". Whatever one is doing today, some tendency is being thickened at this moment, and there is no neutral ground. Every hour of a life is practice for something. That is the sober fact behind the instruction upāhara, "gather", "take up". The question is never whether one is practising. It is what.