त्रिरात्राणां शते चाऽथ पूजिता प्रतिमानिता । तुष्टा भगवती गौरी वागीशा समुवाच ताम् ॥ ३५ ॥
trirātrāṇāṁ śatē cā’tha pūjitā pratimānitā | tuṣṭā bhagavatī gaurī vāgīśā samuvāca tām || 35 ||
Translation
Then, at the end of a hundred three-night fasts, worshipped and honoured, the blessed Gaurī, the lady of speech, pleased, spoke to her.
Word by word
- trirātrāṇāṁ
- of three-night fasts
- śatē
- at the end of a hundred
- ca
- and
- atha
- then
- pūjitā
- worshipped
- pratimānitā
- honoured
- tuṣṭā
- pleased
- bhagavatī
- the blessed
- gaurī
- Gaurī
- vāgīśā
- the lady of speech
- samuvāca
- spoke
- tām
- to her
Meaning
The commentary: at the end of the hundred fasts, worshipped by Līlā with outer offerings (water, bathing, scent, flowers) and honoured with inner ones (meditation), the blessed Sarasvatī, pleased, said to her. Gaurī here is a name of Sarasvatī, "the fair one"; vāgīśā is "lady of speech".