इति मे भगवन्ब्रूहि जीवजालविनिर्णयम् । ज्ञातमेतन्मया प्रायस्तदेव प्रकटीकुरु ॥ १७ ॥
iti mē bhagavanbrūhi jīvajālavinirṇayam | jñātamētanmayā prāyastadēva prakaṭīkuru || 17 ||
Translation
Tell me this, Blessed One: the settling of the net of jīvas. I have mostly understood it; make that very thing plain.
Word by word
- iti
- this
- mē
- me
- bhagavan
- Blessed One
- brūhi
- tell
- jīva
- of jīvas
- jāla
- of the net
- vinirṇayam
- the settling
- jñātam
- understood
- ētan
- (etat) it
- mayā
- I have
- prāyas
- (prāyaḥ) mostly
- tad
- (tat) that
- ēva
- very
- prakaṭīkuru
- make plain
Meaning
The commentary: Rāma says he asked against what Vasiṣṭha had said only to know it in detail; being slow of mind, he had not grasped the intention. What you said before I have understood in general; now make it clear in detail. Rāma's "mostly", prāyaḥ, is honest again: he knows where his understanding stops.