सा तानालोक्य ललना चिन्तापरवशाऽभवत् । तस्मिन्नगरवास्तव्याः किं ते सर्वे मृता इति ॥ ४१ ॥
sā tānālōkya lalanā cintāparavaśā’bhavat | tasminnagaravāstavyāḥ kiṁ tē sarvē mṛtā iti || 41 ||
Translation
Seeing them, the lady fell under the sway of worry: "Have all the dwellers of that city died?"
Word by word
- sā
- she
- tān
- them
- ālōkya
- seeing
- lalanā
- the lady
- cintā
- of worry
- paravaśā
- under the sway
- abhavat
- fell
- tasmin
- that
- nagara
- of city
- vāstavyāḥ
- the dwellers
- kiṁ
- have
- tē
- they
- sarvē
- all
- mṛtā
- (mṛtāḥ) died
- iti
- thus
Meaning
The commentary: seeing them all in that world of impressions, Līlā was seized by anxiety: had everyone living in that city died? Her worry is the natural inference, and wrong: they are there because her husband's mind carries them, not because they died.