ईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान् सुखी । इत्यनर्थमहारज्ज्वा वलितोऽवशतां गतः ॥ २४ ॥
īśvarō’hamahaṁ bhōgī siddhō’haṁ balavān sukhī | ityanarthamahārajjvā valitō’vaśatāṁ gataḥ || 24 ||
Translation
"I am lord, I am the enjoyer, I am accomplished, strong and happy": wound about with this great rope of harm, he has lost all freedom.
Word by word
- īśvarō
- (īśvaraḥ) lord
- aham
- I am
- ahaṁ
- I am
- bhōgī
- the enjoyer
- siddhō
- (siddhaḥ) accomplished
- balavān
- strong
- sukhī
- happy
- itya
- (iti) thus
- anartha
- of harm
- mahā
- great
- rajjvā
- with rope
- valitō
- (valitaḥ) wound about
- avaśatāṁ
- all freedom lost
- gataḥ
- has
Meaning
The verse echoes the Bhagavad Gītā's portrait of the demonic nature (16.14): "I am the lord, I am the enjoyer, I am accomplished, strong, happy." Each claim is a strand of the rope that binds him.