पुनः प्रज्ञप्तिबोधेन प्राक्तनाऽन्तःपुरं गता । क्षणेन च ददर्शाऽत्र सार्द्धरात्रे तथैव तान् ॥ ४२ ॥
punaḥ prajñaptibōdhēna prāktanā’ntaḥpuraṁ gatā | kṣaṇēna ca dadarśā’tra sārddharātrē tathaiva tān || 42 ||
Translation
Then, by the awakening given by Knowing, she went back to her former inner palace, and in a moment saw them there, at midnight, just as before.
Word by word
- punaḥ
- then
- prajñapti
- of Knowing
- bōdhēna
- by the awakening
- prāktanā
- former
- antaḥpuraṁ
- inner palace
- gatā
- went back
- kṣaṇēna
- in a moment
- ca
- and
- dadarśa
- saw
- atra
- there
- sārddharātrē
- at midnight
- tathā
- just as
- ēva
- before
- tān
- them
Meaning
The commentary: then, by the awakening that came through the goddess's grace, when the samādhi broke, she came back in a moment to her former inner apartments, and saw her attendants asleep at midnight just as she had left them. Both worlds are intact; neither has emptied the other.