किं स्मृताऽस्मि त्वया वत्से धत्से किमिति शोकिताम् । संसारभ्रान्तयो भान्ति मृगतृष्णाम्बुवन्मुधा ॥ ८ ॥
kiṁ smṛtā’smi tvayā vatsē dhatsē kimiti śōkitām | saṁsārabhrāntayō bhānti mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvanmudhā || 8 ||
Translation
"Why have you remembered me, child? Why do you hold yourself so grieved? The errors of the world of wandering shine in vain, like water in a mirage."
Word by word
- kiṁ
- why
- smṛtā
- remembered
- asmi
- have I been
- tvayā
- by you
- vatsē
- child
- dhatsē
- do you hold
- kim
- why
- iti
- so
- śōkitām
- grieved
- saṁsāra
- of the world of wandering
- bhrāntayō
- (bhrāntayaḥ) the errors
- bhānti
- shine
- mṛgatṛṣṇā
- in a mirage
- ambu
- water
- van
- (vat) like
- mudhā
- in vain
Meaning
The commentary: dear daughter, why have you remembered me, and why are you so grief-stricken? All this delusion of the world, the cause of sorrow, is false, like water in a mirage. The goddess's first words are already the teaching: the grief is about something that is not as it seems.