लीलोवाच । अष्टमे दिवसे विप्रः स मृतः परमेश्वरि । गतो वर्षगणोऽस्माकं मातः कथमिदं भवेत् ॥ २७ ॥
līlōvāca | aṣṭamē divasē vipraḥ sa mṛtaḥ paramēśvari | gatō varṣagaṇō’smākaṁ mātaḥ kathamidaṁ bhavēt || 27 ||
Translation
Līlā said: "That brahmin died on the eighth day, supreme lady; yet a host of years has passed for us. Mother, how can this be?"
Word by word
- aṣṭamē
- on the eighth
- divasē
- day
- vipraḥ
- brahmin
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- mṛtaḥ
- died
- paramēśvari
- supreme lady
- gatō
- (gataḥ) has passed
- varṣa
- of years
- gaṇō
- (gaṇaḥ) a host
- asmākaṁ
- for us
- mātaḥ
- mother
- katham
- how
- idaṁ
- this
- bhavēt
- can be
Meaning
The commentary: the brahmin died only eight days ago, and a great many years have passed for us as rulers; how can that be? After space, time: the second objection.