श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । दिनानि कतिचिद्राम यदि तिष्ठस्यखिन्नधीः । साधुसङ्गमसच्छास्त्रपरमस्तदहं क्षणात् ॥ ३३ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | dināni katicidrāma yadi tiṣṭhasyakhinnadhīḥ | sādhusaṅgamasacchāstraparamastadahaṁ kṣaṇāt || 33 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: Rāma, if for some days you stay with an untiring mind, wholly given to the company of the good and to true scripture, then in a moment I
Word by word
- dināni
- days
- katicid
- (katicit) some
- rāma
- Rāma
- yadi
- if
- tiṣṭhasi
- you stay
- akhinna
- untiring
- dhīḥ
- with a mind
- sādhu
- of the good
- saṅgama
- to the company
- sacchāstra
- and to true scripture
- paramas
- (paramaḥ) wholly given
- tad
- (tat) then
- ahaṁ
- I
- kṣaṇāt
- in a moment
Meaning
Vasiṣṭha does not argue the point here. The objection would hold, the commentary says, if the grossness of the world could survive examination; it cannot. When, by reasoning over a long time, we have loosened your sense that the world is solid, our words will take root in your heart. So he asks for time, and a way of living: some days, an untiring mind, good company, true scripture.