श्रीसरस्वत्युवाच शवीभूतमिमं वत्से भर्तारं पुष्पपुञ्जके । आच्छाद्य स्थापयैनं त्वं पुनर्भर्तारमेष्यसि ॥ १ ॥
śrīsarasvatyuvāca śavībhūtamimaṁ vatsē bhartāraṁ puṣpapuñjakē | ācchādya sthāpayainaṁ tvaṁ punarbhartāramēṣyasi || 1 ||
Translation
Sarasvatī said: Child, cover this husband of yours, now become a corpse, in a heap of flowers and keep him so; you will have your husband again.
Word by word
- śavībhūtam
- now become a corpse
- imaṁ
- this
- vatsē
- child
- bhartāraṁ
- husband
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- puñjakē
- in a heap
- ācchādya
- cover
- sthāpaya
- keep
- ēnaṁ
- him
- tvaṁ
- you
- punar
- (punaḥ) again
- bhartāram
- your husband
- ēṣyasi
- you will have
Meaning
The commentary heads the sarga: by agreement and difference it shows that the new creation and the former one are alike, being only the play of mind. The voice from the sky speaks. Its first instruction is practical: keep the body, hidden under flowers. The promise, "you will have your husband again", is true, as the tale will show, but not in the way Līlā hopes.