नो चेदुद्वेगशीलत्वादर्द्धादुत्थाय गच्छसि । तत्तिर्यग्धर्मिणस्तेऽद्य न किञ्चिदपि सेत्स्यति ॥ ४ ॥
nō cēdudvēgaśīlatvādarddhādutthāya gacchasi | tattiryagdharmiṇastē’dya na kiñcidapi sētsyati || 4 ||
Translation
If not, if you rise and go half way through, from a restless nature, then nothing at all will be accomplished for you today, who have the nature of a beast.
Word by word
- nō
- not
- cēd
- (cet) if
- udvēga
- restless
- śīla
- nature
- tvād
- (tvāt) from
- arddhād
- (arddhāt) half way
- utthāya
- rise
- gacchasi
- you go
- tat
- then
- tiryag
- (tiryak) of a beast
- dharmiṇas
- (dharmiṇaḥ) who have the nature
- tē
- for you
- adya
- today
- na
- nothing
- kiñcid
- (kiñcit) at all
- api
- even
- sētsyati
- will be accomplished
Meaning
The warning that goes with the promise. If, being restless (udvega), you get up half way and leave, the commentary says, you will gain nothing, being, like animals, unfit to hear true scripture. The image is not an insult but a diagnosis: a beast cannot sit still for what does not feed it at once. The test is staying to the end.