यदतिसुभगमार्यसेवितं त- च्छुभमनुसृत्य मनोज्ञभावबुद्ध्या । अधिगमय पदं सदा विशोकं तदनु तदप्यवमुच्य साधु तिष्ठ ॥ ४३ ॥
yadatisubhagamāryasēvitaṁ ta- cchubhamanusṛtya manōjñabhāvabuddhyā | adhigamaya padaṁ sadā viśōkaṁ tadanu tadapyavamucya sādhu tiṣṭha || 43 ||
Translation
Following the good that is most fair and that the noble have served, with an understanding that delights in it, attain the state that is ever free of sorrow; then let go even of that, and rest well.
Word by word
- yad
- (yat) what
- ati
- most
- subhagam
- fair
- ārya
- the noble
- sēvitaṁ
- have served
- tac
- (tat) that
- chubham
- (śubham) the good
- anusṛtya
- following
- manōjña
- delights
- bhāva
- in it
- buddhyā
- with an understanding
- adhigamaya
- attain
- padaṁ
- the state
- sadā
- ever
- viśōkaṁ
- free of sorrow
- tadanu
- then
- tad
- (tat) that
- api
- even
- avamucya
- let go
- sādhu
- well
- tiṣṭha
- rest
Meaning
The closing verse, in a longer metre, draws the entire path in three steps. Follow the good, as the noble have, and enjoy it. Reach the state beyond sorrow. Then let that too go, and stay (tiṣṭha). Another commentary says: having realised it, give up even the good tendencies and remain as the unchanging. It begins with fate, and where has it got to? Rāma was asking what forces him, and he has been shown that there is a river, that he can steer, and finally that there is one who needs no steering. Sādhu tiṣṭha: rest well. A sarga about effort has ended in stillness, and this stillness is nothing like the corpse's stillness of 2.8.8.