मैवं स्युर्मन्दभाग्याया: क्लेशा निर्वेदहेतव: । येनानुबन्धं निर्हृत्य पुरुष: शममृच्छति ॥ ३८ ॥
maivaṁ syur manda-bhāgyāyāḥ kleśā nirveda-hetavaḥ yenānubandhaṁ nirhṛtya puruṣaḥ śamam ṛcchati
- mā
- not
- evam
- thus
- syuḥ
- they could be
- manda-bhāgyāyāḥ
- of a woman who is truly unfortunate
- kleśāḥ
- miseries
- nirveda
- of detachment
- hetavaḥ
- the causes
- yena
- by which detachment
- anubandham
- the bondage
- nirhṛtya
- removing
- puruṣaḥ
- a person
- śamam
- real peace
- ṛcchati
- obtains
A person who has developed detachment can give up the bondage of material society, friendship and love, and a person who undergoes great suffering gradually becomes, out of hopelessness, detached and indifferent to the material world. Thus, due to my great suffering, such detachment awoke in my heart; yet how could I have undergone such merciful suffering if I were actually unfortunate? Therefore, I am in fact fortunate and have received the mercy of the Lord. He must somehow or other be pleased with me.