प्राप्तं भवति हे राम तत्किं नाम समाधिभिः । भूयोऽनर्थनिपाते हि क्षणसाम्ये हि किं सुखम् ॥ ३५ ॥
prāptaṁ bhavati hē rāma tatkiṁ nāma samādhibhiḥ | bhūyō’narthanipātē hi kṣaṇasāmyē hi kiṁ sukham || 35 ||
Translation
What then, Rāma, is gained by trances? When misfortune falls again, what happiness is there in a moment's calm?
Word by word
- prāptaṁ
- is gained
- bhavati
- is
- hē
- O
- rāma
- Rāma
- tat
- then
- kiṁ
- what
- nāma
- indeed
- samādhibhiḥ
- by trances
- bhūyō
- (bhūyaḥ) again
- anartha
- misfortune
- nipātē
- when falls
- hi
- indeed
- kṣaṇa
- a moment's
- sāmyē
- in calm
- sukham
- happiness
Meaning
The commentary: since harm may come again, what happiness is in a moment's samādhi, and what purpose does it serve? This is not a rejection of meditation; it is a rejection of trance taken as the goal. A calm that ends returns one to the same world.