विनाऽऽज्ञया मया किञ्चिद्भाषितुं नैव शक्यते । कृपावलेशो मयि चेत् स्नेहोऽस्ति यदि मां प्रति । तदा निवेद्यते किञ्चिन्मनसा यद्विचारितम् ॥ १२ ॥
vinā’’jñayā mayā kiñcidbhāṣituṁ naiva śakyatē | kṛpāvalēśō mayi cēt snēhō’sti yadi māṁ prati | tadā nivēdyatē kiñcinmanasā yadvicāritam || 12 ||
Translation
Without your leave I cannot say anything at all. If there is a trace of grace in you for me, if you have love for me, then I will lay before you something I have turned over in my mind.
Word by word
- vinā’’jñayā
- without your leave
- mayā
- by me
- kiñcidbhāṣituṁ
- to say anything
- naiva
- not at all
- śakyatē
- is possible
- kṛpāvalēśō
- a trace of grace
- mayi
- towards me
- cēt
- if
- snēhō’sti
- there is love
- yadi
- if
- māṁ
- me
- prati
- towards
- tadā
- then
- nivēdyatē
- is made known, is laid before you
- kiñcinmanasā
- something, in the mind
- yadvicāritam
- which has been pondered
Meaning
A courteous request for permission: the question she has been pondering is the subject of the whole chapter.