उत्पत्तिमादाविति मे समासेन वद प्रभो । प्रवक्ष्यसि ततः शिष्टं वक्तव्यं वदतांवर ॥ २ ॥
utpattimādāviti mē samāsēna vada prabhō | pravakṣyasi tataḥ śiṣṭaṁ vaktavyaṁ vadatāṁvara || 2 ||
Translation
Tell me first, briefly, lord, this: its origin. Then, best of speakers, you will go on to tell what else remains to be told.
Word by word
- utpattim
- its origin
- ādau
- first
- iti
- this (marks what is asked)
- mē
- to me
- samāsēna
- briefly
- vada
- tell
- prabhō
- lord
- pravakṣyasi
- you will tell
- tataḥ
- then
- śiṣṭaṁ
- what remains
- vaktavyaṁ
- to be told
- vadatāṁ
- of speakers
- vara
- best
Meaning
Rāma asks about the origin of the mind before the origin of the world, and the commentary gives the reason: the mind is the first of all that appears, so when its root is known, the root of everything is known. Of the two questions, the commentary adds, the first is the chief, and Vasiṣṭha gives the whole of this sarga to it: what is real beneath the mind. How the mind arose is taken up after.