लीलोवाच । क्व ममाऽवस्थितो भर्ता किं करोत्यथ कीदृशः । समीपं नय मां तस्य नैका शक्नोमि जीवितुम् ॥ ९ ॥
līlōvāca | kva mamā’vasthitō bhartā kiṁ karōtyatha kīdṛśaḥ | samīpaṁ naya māṁ tasya naikā śaknōmi jīvitum || 9 ||
Translation
Līlā said: "Where is my husband now, what does he do, and how is he? Take me near him; I cannot live alone."
Word by word
- kva
- where
- mama
- my
- avasthitō
- (avasthitaḥ) is
- bhartā
- husband
- kiṁ
- what
- karōti
- does he do
- atha
- and
- kīdṛśaḥ
- how is he
- samīpaṁ
- near
- naya
- take
- māṁ
- me
- tasya
- him
- na
- not
- ēkā
- alone
- śaknōmi
- I can
- jīvitum
- live
Meaning
The commentary: Līlā said, goddess, where is my husband, what is he doing and how is he, happy or unhappy? Take me near him; I cannot live alone without him. Her questions are a wife's: where, what doing, how.