भद्रासनगतां देवीमुपविश्य पुरोगता । परमार्थमहाशक्तिं लीलाऽपृच्छद् भुवि स्थिता ॥ ८ ॥
bhadrāsanagatāṁ dēvīmupaviśya purōgatā | paramārthamahāśaktiṁ līlā’pṛcchad bhuvi sthitā || 8 ||
Translation
Going before the goddess, who sat on a fine seat, and sitting on the ground, Līlā asked the great power of the highest truth:
Word by word
- bhadrāsana
- on a fine seat
- gatāṁ
- who sat
- dēvīm
- the goddess
- upaviśya
- sitting
- purōgatā
- going before
- paramārtha
- of the highest truth
- mahā
- great
- śaktiṁ
- the power
- līlā
- Līlā
- apṛcchad
- (apṛcchat) asked
- bhuvi
- on the ground
- sthitā
- sitting
Meaning
The commentary: Līlā sat on the ground before the goddess seated on the throne, the great power of the supreme truth, and asked. Sarasvatī is named here paramārtha-mahāśakti, "the great power of the highest truth": she is not only the goddess of speech but the power of knowing reality.