श्रीदेव्युवाच अकृत्रिमत्वं सर्गस्य कीदृशं वद सुन्दरि । कीदृशं कृत्रिमत्वं स्याद्यथावत्कथयेति मे ॥ १५ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca akṛtrimatvaṁ sargasya kīdṛśaṁ vada sundari | kīdṛśaṁ kṛtrimatvaṁ syādyathāvatkathayēti mē || 15 ||
Translation
The goddess said: "Tell me, lovely one, what kind is the creation's not being artificial, and what kind is being artificial? Tell me as it is."
Word by word
- akṛtrimatvaṁ
- not being artificial
- sargasya
- of the creation
- kīdṛśaṁ
- what kind
- vada
- tell
- sundari
- lovely one
- kṛtrimatvaṁ
- being artificial
- syād
- (syāt) is
- yathāvat
- as it is
- kathaya
- tell
- iti
- thus
- mē
- me
Meaning
The commentary: tell me rightly what you mean by a creation being real and by its being artificial. The goddess makes Līlā state her assumption before she corrects it.