तत्त्याज निमेषेण साऽन्तःकरणपञ्जरम् । स्वदेहं खमिवोड्डीना मुक्तनीडा विहङ्गमी ॥ १६ ॥
tattyāja nimēṣēṇa sā’ntaḥkaraṇapañjaram | svadēhaṁ khamivōḍḍīnā muktanīḍā vihaṅgamī || 16 ||
Translation
In a blink she left the cage of the inner faculty, her own body, like a bird that has left its nest and flown up into the sky.
Word by word
- tat
- it
- tyāja
- left
- nimēṣēṇa
- in a blink
- sā
- she
- antaḥkaraṇa
- of the inner faculty
- pañjaram
- the cage
- sva
- her own
- dēhaṁ
- body
- kham
- into the sky
- iva
- like
- uḍḍīnā
- flown up
- mukta
- that has left
- nīḍā
- its nest
- vihaṅgamī
- a bird
Meaning
The commentary: as a bird leaves its nest and flies into the sky, so she left her gross body together with her inner faculty, hard to break as an iron cage. A note: what is meant here by leaving the body is the giving up of identification with it through a steadied mind, not a going out as at death. The body sits in the pavilion; Līlā is no longer in it.