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वीणाया रूपसौन्दर्यं तन्त्रीवादनसौष्ठवम् ।प्रजारञ्जनमात्रं तन्न साम्राज्याय कल्पते ॥ ५९ ॥

vīṇāyā rūpasaundaryaṃ tantrīvādanasauṣṭhavam ;prajārañjanamātraṃ tanna sāmrājyāya kalpate . 59 .

Anvaya

रूप–सौन्दर्यम्rūpa–saundaryam
The beautiful shape
वीणायाःvīṇāyāḥ
of a musical instrument
तन्त्री–वादन–सौष्ठवम्tantrī–vādana–sauṣṭhavam
the perfection of strings
प्रजा–रञ्जन–मात्रंprajā–rañjana–mātraṃ
is merely to entertain people
तत् नtat na
that is not
साम्राज्याय कल्पतेsāmrājyāya kalpate
not enough for gaining an empire

Translation

The beautiful shape of a musical instrument and the perfection in playing the strings is useful only to entertain people but not good enough to gain an empire.

Annotation

Etymologically the word rājā means a person who can make the people happy. The musician, with his musical instrument, may make people happy but it is not good enough to make him the king. Similarly, all knowledge other than the knowledge of oneness with Brahman is of little use in gaining liberation (Jagadguru).

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