इति निश्चित्य तां देवीं पूजयामास सा तदा । ददर्श च पुरः प्राप्तां कुमारीरूपधारिणीम् ॥ ७ ॥
iti niścitya tāṁ dēvīṁ pūjayāmāsa sā tadā | dadarśa ca puraḥ prāptāṁ kumārīrūpadhāriṇīm || 7 ||
Translation
Having resolved so, she worshipped the goddess then, and saw her come before her, taking the form of a young girl.
Word by word
- iti
- so
- niścitya
- having resolved
- tāṁ
- the
- dēvīṁ
- goddess
- pūjayāmāsa
- worshipped
- sā
- she
- tadā
- then
- dadarśa
- saw
- ca
- and
- puraḥ
- before her
- prāptāṁ
- come
- kumārī
- of a young girl
- rūpa
- the form
- dhāriṇīm
- taking
Meaning
The commentary: having decided this, Līlā worshipped the goddess Sarasvatī, and at once saw her present before her in the form of a maiden. The goddess appears as a kumārī, a girl: the form in which she is often worshipped.