वसिष्ठ उवाच । इत्थं विनोदयामीदं दुःखदं चित्तमित्यलम् । बोधयित्वेङ्गितैर्भूपानास्थानादुत्थिताऽथ सा ॥ १ ॥
vasiṣṭha uvāca | itthaṁ vinōdayāmīdaṁ duḥkhadaṁ cittamityalam | bōdhayitvēṅgitairbhūpānāsthānādutthitā’tha sā || 1 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: "So I will divert this mind that gives me sorrow": thinking so, she let the kings know by signs, and rose from the hall of audience.
Word by word
- itthaṁ
- so
- vinōdayāmi
- I will divert
- idaṁ
- this
- duḥkhadaṁ
- that gives me sorrow
- cittam
- mind
- iti
- thinking
- alam
- enough
- bōdhayitvā
- let know
- iṅgitair
- (iṅgitaiḥ) by signs
- bhūpān
- the kings
- āsthānād
- (āsthānāt) from the hall of audience
- utthitā
- rose
- atha
- then
- sā
- she
Meaning
The commentary heads the sarga: since the creation seen in samādhi and the former one are both seen, both are equally false; only pure awareness is real. Vasiṣṭha said, dear Rāma, thinking "I will cheer this mind that grieves me so", the queen let the kings know her wish by gestures and rose from the assembly. She has got what she asked for, a sight of the court; now she needs to understand it.