सा तथा सुखसंवृद्धा तस्य प्रणयिनी प्रिया । एकदा चिन्तयामास सुभ्रूः सङ्कल्पशालिनी ॥ १८ ॥
sā tathā sukhasaṁvṛddhā tasya praṇayinī priyā | ēkadā cintayāmāsa subhrūḥ saṅkalpaśālinī || 18 ||
Translation
She, so grown in happiness, his loving beloved, one day, fair-browed and full of resolve, thought:
Word by word
- sā
- she
- tathā
- so
- sukha
- in happiness
- saṁvṛddhā
- grown
- tasya
- his
- praṇayinī
- loving
- priyā
- beloved
- ēkadā
- one day
- cintayāmāsa
- thought
- subhrūḥ
- fair-browed
- saṅkalpa
- of resolve
- śālinī
- full
Meaning
The commentary: so Līlā, nurtured in happiness, dearer to the king than his life, with eyes like a doe's, one day thought this. Saṅkalpaśālinī, "full of resolve", names what drives the whole tale: her resolve will shape a world.