विभिद्यमानामन्येन स्थापयाम्यहमेव याम् । मर्यादां तां मया भिन्नां कोऽपरः पालयिष्यति ॥ १४ ॥
vibhidyamānāmanyēna sthāpayāmyahamēva yām | maryādāṁ tāṁ mayā bhinnāṁ kō’paraḥ pālayiṣyati || 14 ||
Translation
The bound that I myself set up again when it is broken by another: if I broke it, who else would keep it?
Word by word
- vibhidyamānām
- when it is broken
- anyēna
- by another
- sthāpayāmi
- set up
- aham
- I
- ēva
- myself
- yām
- which
- maryādāṁ
- the bound
- tāṁ
- that
- mayā
- by me
- bhinnāṁ
- broken
- kō
- (kaḥ) who
- aparaḥ
- else
- pālayiṣyati
- would keep
Meaning
The commentary: I restore the boundaries others break; if I broke them myself, who would keep them? The goddess's truthfulness is the guarantee of the strange things she is about to say.