श्रीदेव्युवाच जगन्तीमान्यमूर्तानि मूर्तिमन्ति मुधाग्रहात् । भवद्भिरवबुद्धानि हेमानीवोर्मिकाधिया ॥ ३२ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca jagantīmānyamūrtāni mūrtimanti mudhāgrahāt | bhavadbhiravabuddhāni hēmānīvōrmikādhiyā || 32 ||
Translation
The goddess said: These worlds, which are formless, you have taken to have form, through a vain insistence, as gold is taken for rings through the idea "ring".
Word by word
- jagantī
- (jaganti) worlds
- imānya
- (imāni) these
- amūrtāni
- formless
- mūrtimanti
- to have form
- mudhā
- vain
- āgrahāt
- through an insistence
- bhavadbhir
- (bhavadbhiḥ) by you
- avabuddhāni
- taken
- hēmāni
- gold
- iva
- as
- ūrmikā
- ring
- dhiyā
- through the idea
Meaning
Another commentary: in truth all these worlds are only māyā and without form, and you have known them as having form by false knowledge, as gold is known as rings and the like. The body cannot go to another world because the worlds are not places with a shape; the shape is the idea laid on them.