व्यवसायकथावाक्यैर्यावत् तत्राऽनुवर्णितम् । न विश्राम्यति ते तावद्धृदि पांसुर्यथा ह्रदे ॥ २९ ॥
vyavasāyakathāvākyairyāvat tatrā’nuvarṇitam | na viśrāmyati tē tāvaddhṛdi pāṁsuryathā hradē || 29 ||
Translation
Until what is told in it has been set out through the words of tales of steadfast seekers, it will not settle in your heart, as dust does not settle in a lake.
Word by word
- vyavasāya
- of steadfast seekers
- kathā
- of tales
- vākyair
- (vākyaiḥ) through the words
- yāvat
- until
- tatra
- in it
- anuvarṇitam
- what is told
- na
- not
- viśrāmyati
- settles
- tē
- your
- tāvad
- (tāvat) so long
- hṛdi
- in the heart
- pāṁsur
- (pāṃsuḥ) dust
- yathā
- as
- hradē
- in a lake
Meaning
The commentary: listen, until the truth described in those long tales, through the words that tell the dealings of those of old, settles in your heart as dust settles in a lake. Another commentary: I will give you the answer until it rests in your heart as dust in a pond. Vyavasāya is resolve, steadfast effort: the tales are of people who strove. The image is of stirred water: dust thrown in floats and clouds it until, given time, it sinks and stays. A teaching heard once floats; told over and over, through lives one can enter, it comes to rest.