वासनाक्षयबीजेऽस्मिन् किञ्चिदङ्कुरिते हृदि । क्रमान्नोदयमेष्यन्ति रागद्वेषादिका दृशः ॥ ७७ ॥
vāsanākṣayabījē’smin kiñcidaṅkuritē hṛdi | kramānnōdayamēṣyanti rāgadvēṣādikā dṛśaḥ || 77 ||
Translation
once in this heart the seed of the waning of tendencies has sprouted a little, the states of passion, hatred and the like will in due course cease to rise;
Word by word
- vāsanā
- of tendencies
- kṣaya
- of the waning
- bījē
- the seed
- asmin
- in this
- kiñcid
- (kiñcit) a little
- aṅkuritē
- has sprouted
- hṛdi
- heart
- kramān
- (kramāt) in due course
- na
- not
- udayam
- to rise
- ēṣyanti
- will come
- rāga
- passion
- dvēṣa
- hatred
- ādikā
- and the like
- dṛśaḥ
- the states
Meaning
Another commentary: as the seed of the ending of tendencies sprouts in the heart, attachment, aversion and the like do not rise again, in due course. The order matters: knowledge first, then rest in it, and only then, gradually, the end of the old reactions.