वक्ष्याम्याख्यायिकां राम यामिमां बोधसिद्धये । तां चेच्छृणोषि तत्साधो मुक्त एवाऽसि बोधवान् ॥ ४२ ॥
vakṣyāmyākhyāyikāṁ rāma yāmimāṁ bōdhasiddhayē | tāṁ cēcchṛṇōṣi tatsādhō mukta ēvā’si bōdhavān || 42 ||
Translation
I shall tell you a story, Rāma, for the sake of awakening; if you hear it, good one, you are free indeed, awake.
Word by word
- vakṣyāmi
- I shall tell
- ākhyāyikāṁ
- a story
- rāma
- Rāma
- yām
- which
- imāṁ
- this
- bōdha
- of awakening
- siddhayē
- for the sake
- tāṁ
- it
- cēt
- if
- śṛṇōṣi
- you hear
- tat
- then
- sādhō
- good one
- mukta
- free
- ēva
- indeed
- asi
- you are
- bōdhavān
- awake
Meaning
The promise of 3.8 renewed. The commentary: if you hear it, you will become a knower and surely be free, best of good men; of this there is no doubt. The story meant, the other commentary says, is the story of the world's dissolution, which begins at v. 45.