पुनर्लास्यमयीं नृत्यलीलां सर्गस्वरूपिणीम् । तनोतीमां जराशोकदुःखाभिभवभूषिताम् ॥ ३१ ॥
punarlāsyamayīṁ nṛtyalīlāṁ sargasvarūpiṇīm | tanōtīmāṁ jarāśōkaduḥkhābhibhavabhūṣitām || 31 ||
Translation
he spreads out again this play of dance, graceful, whose form is creation, adorned with old age, grief, sorrow and humiliation.
Word by word
- punar
- (punaḥ) again
- lāsya
- graceful
- mayīṁ
- full of
- nṛtya
- of dance
- līlāṁ
- this play
- sarga
- creation
- svarūpiṇīm
- whose form is
- tanōti
- he spreads out
- imāṁ
- this
- jarā
- with old age
- śōka
- grief
- duḥkha
- sorrow
- abhibhava
- and humiliation
- bhūṣitām
- adorned
Meaning
The new dance is lāsya, the graceful dance, as opposed to the wild tāṇḍava of destruction. Its form is creation. And its ornaments are old age, grief, sorrow and defeat. Creation and suffering are one dance. The reader is reminded that every new beginning carries its sorrows with it.