अत्रेदं मण्डपाख्यानं शृणु श्रवणभूषणम् । निःसन्देहो यथैषोऽर्थश्चित्ते विश्रान्तिमेष्यति ॥ १७ ॥
atrēdaṁ maṇḍapākhyānaṁ śṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam | niḥsandēhō yathaiṣō’rthaścittē viśrāntimēṣyati || 17 ||
Translation
Hear on this the tale of the pavilion, an ornament for the ear, by which this meaning will rest in your mind beyond doubt.
Word by word
- atra
- on this
- idaṁ
- this
- maṇḍapa
- of the pavilion
- ākhyānaṁ
- the tale
- śṛṇu
- hear
- śravaṇa
- for the ear
- bhūṣaṇam
- an ornament
- niḥsandēhō
- (niḥsandehaḥ) beyond doubt
- yathā
- by which
- ēṣō
- (eṣaḥ) this
- arthaś
- (arthaḥ) meaning
- cittē
- in your mind
- viśrāntim
- rest
- ēṣyati
- will come to
Meaning
The commentary: knowing from Rāma's manner that doubt, ignorance and uncertainty about the teaching remained in him, Vasiṣṭha, to remove them, undertakes to tell the tale of the pavilion with its hundreds of stories that bear out the point. The promise of 3.11.28 is kept: a long tale, so that the teaching may settle as dust settles in water.