जरामरणदुःखादिशैलाकाशमयं जगत् । नाऽस्तीति किमिदं नाम भवताऽपि ममोच्यते ॥ ७३ ॥
jarāmaraṇaduḥkhādiśailākāśamayaṁ jagat | nā’stīti kimidaṁ nāma bhavatā’pi mamōcyatē || 73 ||
Translation
The world, made of old age, death, sorrow and the rest, of mountains and sky, "does not exist": what is this that even you say to me?
Word by word
- jarā
- old age
- maraṇa
- death
- duḥkha
- sorrow
- ādi
- and the rest
- śaila
- of mountains
- ākāśa
- and sky
- mayaṁ
- made of
- jagat
- the world
- na
- not
- asti
- does exist
- iti
- "
- kim
- what
- idaṁ
- this
- nāma
- is
- bhavatā
- you
- api
- even
- mama
- to me
- ucyatē
- say
Meaning
Even you: the commentary has Rāma say, you who are first among those whose word is proof. The world he lists is the world he suffered in the first book: old age, death and sorrow. How can that be said not to exist?