वसिष्ठ उवाच । इत्याकर्ण्य चिरं चारुविस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचना । भूत्वोवाच वचो लीला लीलालसपदाक्षरम् ॥ ६ ॥
vasiṣṭha uvāca | ityākarṇya ciraṁ cāruvismayōtphullalōcanā | bhūtvōvāca vacō līlā līlālasapadākṣaram || 6 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: Hearing this, Līlā, her eyes long wide open in lovely wonder, spoke words whose syllables came slowly in play.
Word by word
- iti
- this
- ākarṇya
- hearing
- ciraṁ
- long
- cāru
- lovely
- vismaya
- in wonder
- utphulla
- wide open
- lōcanā
- her eyes
- bhūtvā
- being
- uvāca
- spoke
- vacō
- (vacaḥ) words
- līlā
- Līlā; in play
- alasa
- slowly
- pada
- whose words
- akṣaram
- syllables
Meaning
The commentary: hearing the goddess, Līlā's lovely eyes opened wide in astonishment, and she spoke slowly and gracefully.