तस्या निर्विण्णचित्ताया गीतं शृणु यथा मम । निर्वेद आशापाशानां पुरुषस्य यथा ह्यसि: ॥ २८ ॥
tasyā nirviṇṇa-cittāyā gītaṁ śṛṇu yathā mama nirveda āśā-pāśānāṁ puruṣasya yathā hy asiḥ
- tasyāḥ
- of her
- nirviṇṇa
- disgusted
- cittāyāḥ
- whose mind
- gītam
- song
- śṛṇu
- please hear
- yathā
- as it is
- mama
- from me
- nirvedaḥ
- detachment
- āśā
- of hopes and yearnings
- pāśānām
- of the binding network
- puruṣasya
- of a person
- yathā
- just as
- hi
- certainly
- asiḥ
- the sword
The prostitute felt disgusted with her material situation and thus became indifferent to it. Indeed, detachment acts like a sword, cutting to pieces the binding network of material hopes and desires. Now please hear from me the song sung by the prostitute in that situation.