तस्मिन्नेव दिने सैषा तस्मिञ्छुद्धान्तमण्डपे । अर्द्धरात्रे परिजने सर्वस्मिन्निद्रया हृते ॥ ६ ॥
tasminnēva dinē saiṣā tasmiñchuddhāntamaṇḍapē | arddharātrē parijanē sarvasminnidrayā hṛtē || 6 ||
Translation
On that very day, in that inner pavilion, at midnight, when all her attendants were carried off by sleep,
Word by word
- tasmin
- on that
- ēva
- very
- dinē
- day
- sā
- she
- ēṣā
- this
- tasmiñ
- (tasmin) in that
- chuddhānta
- (śuddhānta) inner
- maṇḍapē
- pavilion
- arddharātrē
- at midnight
- parijanē
- her attendants
- sarvasmin
- all
- nidrayā
- by sleep
- hṛtē
- were carried off
Meaning
The commentary takes verses 6 to 8 together: that very day, at midnight, when all her servants were sound asleep, Līlā, in the palace of her inner apartments, with her inner faculty gathered in pure meditation, called upon Sarasvatī, who is knowledge. The sentence runs on.