द्वितीयं त्वां महादेवि प्रार्थयेऽहं यदा यदा । दर्शनाय वरार्थाय तदा मे देहि दर्शनम् ॥ ४० ॥
dvitīyaṁ tvāṁ mahādēvi prārthayē’haṁ yadā yadā | darśanāya varārthāya tadā mē dēhi darśanam || 40 ||
Translation
second, great goddess: whenever I pray to you for a sight of you or for a boon, then grant me the sight of you."
Word by word
- dvitīyaṁ
- second
- tvāṁ
- to you
- mahādēvi
- great goddess
- prārthayē
- I pray
- ahaṁ
- I
- yadā
- whenever
- darśanāya
- for a sight
- vara
- a boon
- arthāya
- for
- tadā
- then
- mē
- me
- dēhi
- grant
- darśanam
- the sight
Meaning
The commentary: Great goddess, the second is that whenever I pray for a sight of you, for a boon, you will appear to me. The second boon will matter more than the first: it is what lets the goddess teach her.