साधुसङ्गमसच्छास्त्रैः संसारार्णवतारकः । दृश्यते परमात्मा यः स ब्रह्मन् वद कीदृशः ॥ १४ ॥
sādhusaṅgamasacchāstraiḥ saṁsārārṇavatārakaḥ | dṛśyatē paramātmā yaḥ sa brahman vada kīdṛśaḥ || 14 ||
Translation
And the supreme Self, who is seen through the company of the good and true scripture, the one who carries across the ocean of saṁsāra: tell me, brahman, what is he like?
Word by word
- sādhu
- of the good
- saṅgama
- the company
- sacchāstraiḥ
- and true scripture
- saṁsāra
- of saṁsāra
- arṇava
- the ocean
- tārakaḥ
- who carries across
- dṛśyatē
- is seen
- paramātmā
- the supreme Self
- yaḥ
- who
- sa
- he
- brahman
- brahman
- vada
- tell
- kīdṛśaḥ
- what is he like
Meaning
The second half of the objection, in the other commentary's words: if the jīva is inside saṁsāra, how can it be carried across? No one inside the ocean is the ocean's ferry. Rāma wants the line between the one who drowns and the one who rescues drawn clearly.