देवि स्वमण्डपादेव जीवो भर्तुर्मृतस्य मे । मा यासीदित्यतस्तस्याः स एवाऽङ्गीकृतो मया ॥ १८ ॥
dēvi svamaṇḍapādēva jīvō bharturmṛtasya mē | mā yāsīdityatastasyāḥ sa ēvā’ṅgīkṛtō mayā || 18 ||
Translation
"O goddess, may the life of my husband, when he dies, not go out of his own pavilion." So I granted her just that.
Word by word
- dēvi
- O goddess
- sva
- his own
- maṇḍapād
- (maṇḍapāt) from the pavilion
- ēva
- just
- jīvō
- (jīvaḥ) the life
- bhartur
- (bhartuḥ) of my husband
- mṛtasya
- when he dies
- mē
- my
- mā
- may not
- yāsīd
- (yāsīt) go
- iti
- so
- atas
- (ataḥ) so
- tasyāḥ
- her
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- aṅgīkṛtō
- (aṅgīkṛtaḥ) granted
- mayā
- by me
Meaning
The commentary: goddess, may my dead husband's jīva not leave my house; she prayed so, and I accepted her prayer. The same boon Līlā asked (3.16.39): Līlā asked it twice, in two lives.