लीलोवाच । अमुना देवि देहेन जगदन्यदवाप्यते । न कस्मादत्र मे युक्तिं कथयाऽनुग्रहाग्रहात् ॥ ३१ ॥
līlōvāca | amunā dēvi dēhēna jagadanyadavāpyatē | na kasmādatra mē yuktiṁ kathayā’nugrahāgrahāt || 31 ||
Translation
Līlā said: Why, goddess, is another world not reached with this body? Tell me the reason, out of the eagerness of your grace.
Word by word
- amunā
- with this
- dēvi
- goddess
- dēhēna
- body
- jagad
- (jagat) world
- anyad
- (anyat) another
- avāpyatē
- is reached
- na
- not
- kasmād
- (kasmāt) why
- atra
- here
- mē
- me
- yuktiṁ
- the reason
- kathaya
- tell
- anugraha
- of your grace
- āgrahāt
- out of the eagerness
Meaning
Līlā's question is natural: if the brahmin's world is only another appearance in the same awareness, why should this body not go there as it goes from one town to another?