श्रीराम उवाच । रूपं कथय मे ब्रह्मन् यथावत्परमात्मनः । यस्मिन् दृष्टे मनो मोहान् समग्रान् सन्तरिष्यति ॥ १८ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | rūpaṁ kathaya mē brahman yathāvatparamātmanaḥ | yasmin dṛṣṭē manō mōhān samagrān santariṣyati || 18 ||
Translation
Rāma said: Tell me, brahman, the form of the supreme Self as it truly is, by seeing which the mind will cross over all its delusions.
Word by word
- rūpaṁ
- the form
- kathaya
- tell
- mē
- me
- brahman
- brahman
- yathāvat
- as it truly is
- paramātmanaḥ
- of the supreme Self
- yasmin
- which
- dṛṣṭē
- by seeing
- manō
- (manaḥ) the mind
- mōhān
- delusions
- samagrān
- all
- santariṣyati
- will cross over
Meaning
With his objection answered, the commentary says, Rāma comes back plainly to the question he asked at the start of the sarga, which the exchange had pushed aside. What follows is one of the sarga's treasures: eight verses, each ending "that is the form of the supreme Self".