इत्याकर्ण्य जगन्माता तवाऽस्त्वेवमिति स्वयम् । उक्त्वाऽन्तर्द्धानमगमत् प्रोत्थायोर्मिरिवाऽर्णवे ॥ ४१ ॥
ityākarṇya jaganmātā tavā’stvēvamiti svayam | uktvā’ntarddhānamagamat prōtthāyōrmirivā’rṇavē || 41 ||
Translation
Hearing this, the mother of the world said herself, "So be it for you", and vanished, as a wave rises and sinks in the ocean.
Word by word
- iti
- this
- ākarṇya
- hearing
- jagan
- (jagat) of the world
- mātā
- the mother
- tava
- for you
- astu
- be it
- ēvam
- so
- svayam
- herself
- uktvā
- said
- antarddhānam
- to vanishing
- agamat
- went
- prōtthāya
- rising
- ūrmir
- (ūrmiḥ) a wave
- iva
- as
- arṇavē
- in the ocean
Meaning
The commentary: hearing her, the goddess Sarasvatī herself said, "Let it be as you wish", and vanished, as a wave rises on the sea and sinks back. The image is chosen: a goddess, like a wave, is the ocean taking a shape for a moment.