लीलोवाच । यथा पत्युरमूर्त्तोऽस्मात्सर्गात् सर्गो भ्रमात्मकः । जातस्तथा कथय मे जगद्भ्रमनिवृत्तये ॥ २८ ॥
līlōvāca | yathā patyuramūrttō’smātsargāt sargō bhramātmakaḥ | jātastathā kathaya mē jagadbhramanivṛttayē || 28 ||
Translation
Līlā said: "As from this creation my husband's formless creation, made of error, has arisen, so tell me how this one arose, to end the error of the world."
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- patyur
- (patyuḥ) of my husband
- amūrttō
- (amūrttaḥ) formless
- asmāt
- from this
- sargāt
- creation
- sargō
- (sargaḥ) creation
- bhrama
- of error; the error
- ātmakaḥ
- made
- jātas
- (jātaḥ) has arisen
- tathā
- so
- kathaya
- tell
- mē
- me
- jagad
- (jagat) of the world
- nivṛttayē
- to end
Meaning
The commentary: mother, as my husband's unreal, deluded world arose from this one, tell me how this one arose, so that the delusion of the world may end. She asks for the cause of the cause.