यदिदं दृश्यते राम तद् ब्रह्मैव निरामयम् । एतत्पुरस्ताद्वक्ष्यामि युक्तितो न गिरैव च ॥ ४४ ॥
yadidaṁ dṛśyatē rāma tad brahmaiva nirāmayam | ētatpurastādvakṣyāmi yuktitō na giraiva ca || 44 ||
Translation
What is seen here, Rāma, is Brahman alone, without blemish. I shall show this later by reasoning, and not by word alone.
Word by word
- yad
- (yat) what
- idaṁ
- here
- dṛśyatē
- is seen
- rāma
- Rāma
- tad
- (tat) that
- brahma
- Brahman
- ēva
- alone
- nirāmayam
- without blemish
- ētat
- this
- purastād
- (purastāt) later
- vakṣyāmi
- I shall show
- yuktitō
- (yuktitaḥ) by reasoning
- na
- not
- girā
- by word
- ca
- and
Meaning
The commentary: I shall show it later not by instruction alone but by reasonings such as stories (ākhyāna). The tales that fill the parts to come are that reasoning: arguments told as lives.