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Mokshadharma 12.168.48

12.168.48 Pingala

उन्मत्ताहमनुन्मत्तं कान्तमन्ववसं चिरम् । अन्तिके रमणं सन्तं नैनमध्यगमं पुरा ॥

unmattāhamanunmattaṃ kāntamanvavasaṃ ciram | antike ramaṇaṃ santaṃ nainamadhyagamaṃ purā ||

Pingala said: Mad as I was, I have long lived beside the beloved who is not mad. The true lover was right here, near me, and before now I never found him.

पिंगला ने कहा: मैं उन्मत्त होकर बहुत समय से उस प्रियतम के पास रही जो कभी उन्मत्त नहीं होता। वह सच्चा प्रेमी मेरे पास ही था, पर पहले मैंने उसे कभी नहीं पाया।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

What we long for outside is often already within us. Pingala realises the beloved she waited for was the Self, close all along.

जिसकी हम बाहर लालसा करते हैं, वह अक्सर हमारे भीतर पहले से है। पिंगला समझती है कि जिस प्रिय की वह राह देख रही थी, वह आत्मा थी, जो सदा पास थी।

Mahabharata 12.168.48: Pingala's song (in the brahmin's story): she says that, maddened, she long lived beside the beloved who is never mad, and did not find him though he was near.

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