कयैतज्ज्ञायते युक्त्या कथमेतत्प्रसिध्यति । एतस्मिंस्तु मुने सिद्धे न साध्यमवशिष्यते ॥ ३८ ॥
kayaitajjñāyatē yuktyā kathamētatprasidhyati | ētasmiṁstu munē siddhē na sādhyamavaśiṣyatē || 38 ||
Translation
By what reasoning is this known, and how is it established? When this is accomplished, sage, nothing is left to accomplish.
Word by word
- kayā
- by what
- ētaj
- (etat) this
- jñāyatē
- is known
- yuktyā
- reasoning
- katham
- how
- ētat
- it
- prasidhyati
- is established
- ētasmiṁs
- (etasmin) this
- tu
- when
- munē
- sage
- siddhē
- is accomplished
- na
- nothing
- sādhyam
- to accomplish
- avaśiṣyatē
- is left
Meaning
The same question that opened the last sarga (3.8.1), asked again: Rāma knows that everything depends on it. The commentary: once this is made firm, nothing remains to be done. Every duty, every practice, is for the sake of this one knowing.