यत्र सङ्कल्पनं तत्र तन्मनोऽङ्ग तथा स्थितम् । सङ्कल्पमनसी भिन्ने न कदाचन केनचित् ॥ ४४ ॥
yatra saṅkalpanaṁ tatra tanmanō’ṅga tathā sthitam | saṅkalpamanasī bhinnē na kadācana kēnacit || 44 ||
Translation
Where there is imagining, there the mind, dear one, is present in the same way; imagining and mind were never told apart by anyone.
Word by word
- yatra
- where
- saṅkalpanaṁ
- there is imagining
- tatra
- there
- tan
- (tat) the
- manō
- (manaḥ) mind
- aṅga
- dear one
- tathā
- in the same way
- sthitam
- is present
- saṅkalpa
- imagining
- manasī
- and mind
- bhinnē
- told apart
- na
- not
- kadācana
- never
- kēnacit
- by anyone
Meaning
The commentary: whatever object is imagined, the mind stands in it as that imagining; what imagines is the mind. No one has ever separated the two, because there is nothing to separate. Dear one (aṅga): Vasiṣṭha's tender word for Rāma.