लीलोवाच । देवि भोस्त्वद्वचो मिथ्या कथं सम्पन्नमीदृशम् । क्व विप्रजीवः स्वगृहे क्वेमे वयमिह स्थिताः ॥ ७ ॥
līlōvāca | dēvi bhōstvadvacō mithyā kathaṁ sampannamīdṛśam | kva viprajīvaḥ svagṛhē kvēmē vayamiha sthitāḥ || 7 ||
Translation
Līlā said: "O goddess, how can your word be false? Yet how has it come to be so? Where is the brahmin's jīva in his own house, and where are we, standing here?
Word by word
- dēvi
- O goddess
- bhōs
- (bhoḥ) indeed
- tvad
- (tvat) your
- vacō
- (vacaḥ) word
- mithyā
- false
- kathaṁ
- how
- sampannam
- has come to be
- īdṛśam
- so
- kva
- where
- vipra
- the brahmin’s
- jīvaḥ
- jīva
- sva
- his own
- gṛhē
- in house
- imē
- these
- vayam
- we
- iha
- here
- sthitāḥ
- standing
Meaning
The commentary: your word is true; but how can it be so contradictory? The brahmin's jīva is in its own house, and we are in this great land; how can we be that couple? Her objection is a plain one about size.