लीलोवाच । अहो नु परमा दृष्टिर्दर्शिता देवि मे त्वया । रूपश्रीर्जागती प्रातःप्रभयेवेक्षणद्युतिः ॥ २५ ॥
līlōvāca | ahō nu paramā dṛṣṭirdarśitā dēvi mē tvayā | rūpaśrīrjāgatī prātaḥprabhayēvēkṣaṇadyutiḥ || 25 ||
Translation
Līlā said: Ah, what a supreme vision you have shown me, goddess! By it the beauty of the world's form shows, as the eye's light does by the light of dawn.
Word by word
- ahō
- ah
- nu
- what
- paramā
- supreme
- dṛṣṭir
- (dṛṣṭiḥ) a vision
- darśitā
- have shown
- dēvi
- goddess
- mē
- me
- tvayā
- you
- rūpa
- of form
- śrīr
- (śrīḥ) the beauty
- jāgatī
- of the world
- prātaḥ
- of dawn
- prabhayā
- by the light
- iva
- as
- īkṣaṇa
- of the eye
- dyutiḥ
- light
Meaning
Another commentary: as by morning light the beauty of the world's forms shows clearly, so you have shown me this highest view of creation. The image is exact: dawn does not make the world, it shows it; the teaching has not changed what Līlā sees, only made it clear.