पपाताऽथ महारम्भा सा तां नरपतेः सभाम् । व्योमात्मिका व्योममयीं मिहिकेवाऽम्बराटवीम् ॥ ३१ ॥
papātā’tha mahārambhā sā tāṁ narapatēḥ sabhām | vyōmātmikā vyōmamayīṁ mihikēvā’mbarāṭavīm || 31 ||
Translation
Then she, of great undertaking, made of space, fell into that assembly of the king, which was made of space, as mist falls into the forest of the sky.
Word by word
- papāta
- fell
- atha
- then
- mahā
- of great
- ārambhā
- undertaking
- sā
- she
- tāṁ
- that
- narapatēḥ
- of the king
- sabhām
- into the assembly
- vyōma
- of space
- ātmikā
- made
- mayīṁ
- which was made
- mihikā
- mist
- iva
- as
- ambara
- of the sky
- aṭavīm
- into the forest
Meaning
The commentary: then, as mist falls into the forest of the sky, so Līlā, who was of the nature of space, her body made only of impressions, entered the king's assembly, which was itself of the nature of space, being made of impressions. Mist into sky: like into like, with no resistance and no trace.