तथा ते तां न ददृशुः सञ्चरन्तीं पुरोगताम् । अन्यसङ्कल्परचितामन्येन नगरीं यथा ॥ ३३ ॥
tathā tē tāṁ na dadṛśuḥ sañcarantīṁ purōgatām | anyasaṅkalparacitāmanyēna nagarīṁ yathā || 33 ||
Translation
So they did not see her moving about in front of them, as one does not see a city built by another's imagining.
Word by word
- tathā
- so
- tē
- they
- tāṁ
- her
- na
- not
- dadṛśuḥ
- did see
- sañcarantīṁ
- moving about
- purōgatām
- in front of them
- anya
- by another’s
- saṅkalpa
- imagining
- racitām
- built
- anyēna
- by one
- nagarīṁ
- a city
- yathā
- as
Meaning
The commentary: as a city built by one person's fancy is not seen by another, so no one saw Līlā moving before them. The principle the tale rests on: each world is made by one imagining, and those inside it see only what belongs to it.