दृश्यतामाजगामाऽर्कः प्रभोन्मीलितलोचनः । विवेकवृत्तिर्महतां मनसीव नवोदिता ॥ ३२ ॥
dṛśyatāmājagāmā’rkaḥ prabhōnmīlitalōcanaḥ | vivēkavṛttirmahatāṁ manasīva navōditā || 32 ||
Translation
The sun came into view, opening the eyes of the world with its light, like discrimination newly risen in the minds of the great.
Word by word
- dṛśyatām
- into view
- ājagāma
- came
- arkaḥ
- the sun
- prabhā
- with its light
- unmīlita
- opening
- lōcanaḥ
- the eyes
- vivēka
- discrimination
- vṛttir
- (vṛttiḥ) the working of
- mahatāṁ
- of the great
- manasi
- in the minds
- iva
- like
- nava
- newly
- uditā
- risen
Meaning
Discrimination (viveka), the power to tell the real from the unreal, is the dawn of the inner life; it opens the eyes as the sun does. The image prepares the second day's teaching, which is about telling the seer from the seen.