विज्ञाय निर्विद्य गतं पतिं प्रजा: पुरोहितामात्यसुहृद्गणादय: । विचिक्युरुर्व्यामतिशोककातरा यथा निगूढं पुरुषं कुयोगिन: ॥ ४८ ॥
vijnaya nirvidya gatam patim prajah purohitamatya-suhrd-ganadayah vicikyur urvyam atisoka-katara yatha nigudham purusam kuyoginah
- vijnaya
- after understanding
- nirvidya
- being indifferent
- gatam
- had left
- patim
- the King
- prajah
- all the citizens
- purohita
- priests
- amatya
- ministers
- suhrt
- friends
- gana-adayah
- and people in general
- vicikyuh
- searched
- urvyam
- on the earth
- ati-soka-katarah
- being greatly aggrieved
- yatha
- just as
- nigudham
- concealed
- purusam
- the Supersoul
- ku-yoginah
- inexperienced mystics.
When it was understood that the King had indifferently left home, all the citizens, priests, ministers, friends, and people in general were greatly aggrieved. They began to search for him all over the world, just as a less experienced mystic searches out the Supersoul within himself.