मामथाऽऽराधितवती सा ततस्त्वमिवाऽङ्गना । अमरत्वं सुदुष्प्रापं बुद्ध्वेमं साऽवृणोद्वरम् ॥ १७ ॥
māmathā’’rādhitavatī sā tatastvamivā’ṅganā | amaratvaṁ suduṣprāpaṁ buddhvēmaṁ sā’vṛṇōdvaram || 17 ||
Translation
Then that woman worshipped me, as you have; knowing immortality to be very hard to win, she chose this boon:
Word by word
- mām
- me
- atha
- then
- ārādhitavatī
- worshipped
- sā
- that; she
- tatas
- (tataḥ) then
- tvam
- you
- iva
- as
- aṅganā
- woman
- amaratvaṁ
- immortality
- suduṣprāpaṁ
- very hard to win
- buddhvā
- knowing
- imaṁ
- this
- avṛṇōd
- (avṛṇot) chose
- varam
- boon
Meaning
The commentary: then that lady worshipped me as you did, and knowing deathlessness hard to gain, she asked this boon. The parallel is now explicit: "as you have".