जयन्ति ते सुकृतिनो रससिद्धाः कवीश्वराः। नास्ति येषां यशःकाये जरामरणजं भयम्॥
jayanti te sukṛtino rasasiddhāḥ kavīśvarāḥ । nāsti yeṣāṃ yaśaḥkāye jarāmaraṇajaṃ bhayam ॥
PM's MessageDr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee's sacrifice for the unity, integrity, and self-respect of Bharat will continue to inspire every generation.
Meaning of Jayanti Te Sukṛtino Rasasiddhāḥ
Those noble souls and great figures who have performed exemplary deeds for society or made the ultimate sacrifice become immortal. Although their physical bodies may perish, their legacy, their "body of renown", knows no fear of old age or death, they live on forever in history.
Word by word
- जयन्तिjayanti
they triumph
√जि
- तेte
those
तद्
- सुकृतिनःsukṛtinaḥ
meritorious, doers of good
सु + √कृ
- रससिद्धाःrasasiddhāḥ
perfected in rasa
रस + √सिध्
- कवीश्वराःkavīśvarāḥ
master poets
कवि + ईश्वर
- न अस्तिnāsti
there is no
√अस्
- येषाम्yeṣām
whose
यद्
- यशःकायेyaśaḥkāye
in the body of fame
यशस् + काय
- जरामरणजम्jarāmaraṇajam
born of age and death
जरा + मरण + √जन्
- भयम्bhayam
fear
√भी
Commentary
In its original sense, this verse is a praise of great poets. The words rasasiddhāḥ kavīśvarāḥ describe master poets who are accomplished in rasa: the art of evoking deep aesthetic and emotional experience. Read through the later framework of navarasa, it suggests poets whose words can bring forth the full range of human feeling with effortless command. For such creators, Bhartrhari says, the physical body may age and die, but the yaśaḥkāya, the "body of fame," has no fear of old age or death. The PM's post applies this literary image more broadly to Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee's remembered sacrifice for national unity, integrity, and self-respect. That is an interpretive extension from poetic immortality to historical memory. The shared idea is that certain lives and works outlast the body: in the poet's case through rasa-filled speech, and in the public figure's case through deeds that remain alive in collective remembrance.
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