श्रीदेव्युवाच प्राक्स्मृतेर्भ्रान्तिमात्रात्मा सर्गोऽयमुदितो यथा । स्वप्नभ्रमात्मको भाति तथेदं कथ्यते शृणु ॥ २९ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca prāksmṛtērbhrāntimātrātmā sargō’yamuditō yathā | svapnabhramātmakō bhāti tathēdaṁ kathyatē śṛṇu || 29 ||
Translation
The goddess said: "As this creation arose, its self mere error from an earlier memory, and shines as a dream-error, so this is told: listen.
Word by word
- prāk
- earlier
- smṛtēr
- (smṛteḥ) from a memory
- bhrānti
- error
- mātra
- mere
- ātmā
- its self
- sargō
- (sargaḥ) creation
- ayam
- this
- uditō
- (uditaḥ) arose
- yathā
- as
- svapna
- a dream
- bhrama
- error
- ātmakō
- (ātmakaḥ) as
- bhāti
- shines
- tathā
- so
- idaṁ
- this
- kathyatē
- is told
- śṛṇu
- listen
Meaning
The commentary: this world too is an error born of the impressions of an earlier world; to show it, the goddess begins the tale of the pavilion proper. As the world arose from the memory of a former creation, a mere error, and appears like a dream, so I shall tell it; listen.