श्रीदेव्युवाच नाऽहं मिथ्या वदामीदं यथावच्छृणु सुन्दरि । भेदनं नियतीनां हि क्रियते नाऽस्मदादिभिः ॥ १३ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca nā’haṁ mithyā vadāmīdaṁ yathāvacchṛṇu sundari | bhēdanaṁ niyatīnāṁ hi kriyatē nā’smadādibhiḥ || 13 ||
Translation
The goddess said: "I do not tell this falsely; hear it as it is, lovely one. The bounds of the order of things are not broken by such as us.
Word by word
- na
- not
- ahaṁ
- I
- mithyā
- falsely
- vadāmi
- tell
- idaṁ
- this
- yathāvac
- (yathāvat) as it is
- chṛṇu
- (śṛṇu) hear
- sundari
- lovely one
- bhēdanaṁ
- broken
- niyatīnāṁ
- the bounds of the order
- hi
- indeed
- kriyatē
- are
- asmad
- (asmat) us
- ādibhiḥ
- by such as
Meaning
The commentary: I do not lie; hear how it can be. We do not break the rules of the Veda, such as "do not speak falsely". Niyati, the order of things, is kept by the gods, not overturned.