श्रीराम उवाच । भगवन् मनसो रूपं कीदृशं वद मे स्फुटम् । यस्मात्तेनेयमखिला तन्यते लोकमञ्जरी ॥ ३७ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | bhagavan manasō rūpaṁ kīdṛśaṁ vada mē sphuṭam | yasmāttēnēyamakhilā tanyatē lōkamañjarī || 37 ||
Translation
Rāma said: "Lord, tell me clearly what the form of the mind is, since by it this whole cluster of worlds is spread out."
Word by word
- bhagavan
- Lord
- manasō
- (manasaḥ) of the mind
- rūpaṁ
- the form
- kīdṛśaṁ
- what
- vada
- tell
- mē
- me
- sphuṭam
- clearly
- yasmāt
- since
- tēna
- by it
- iyam
- this
- akhilā
- whole
- tanyatē
- is spread out
- lōka
- of worlds
- mañjarī
- cluster
Meaning
The question of the sarga. The last two sargas said that Brahmā is mind and the world is mind; Rāma now asks what mind itself is. The other commentary adds a note on his hidden intent: whatever form is given to the mind will be the world's form too, and so the world will not be proved unreal. Rāma is pressing the teaching where it is weakest.