तस्मादिमां प्रतिज्ञां त्वं शृणु रामाऽतिभीषणाम् । यामुत्तरेण ग्रन्थेन नूनं त्वमवबुध्यसे ॥ ६६ ॥
tasmādimāṁ pratijñāṁ tvaṁ śṛṇu rāmā’tibhīṣaṇām | yāmuttarēṇa granthēna nūnaṁ tvamavabudhyasē || 66 ||
Translation
So hear this proposition, Rāma, very fearful, which you will surely come to understand through the rest of the work.
Word by word
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) so
- imāṁ
- this
- pratijñāṁ
- proposition
- tvaṁ
- you
- śṛṇu
- hear
- rāma
- Rāma
- atibhīṣaṇām
- very fearful
- yām
- which
- uttarēṇa
- the rest of
- granthēna
- through the work
- nūnaṁ
- surely
- avabudhyasē
- you will come to understand
Meaning
Fearful: the other commentary says to those attached to objects and to those who hold that the world truly begins. It is fearful because it takes away the ground one stands on. The proposition is stated in the next verses; the rest of the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha is its proof.