इमं देहमिहाऽऽस्थाप्य शुद्धसत्त्वानुपातिना । चेतसा तं परं यामि लोकं त्वं कथमेषि तत् ॥ ४८ ॥
imaṁ dēhamihā’’sthāpya śuddhasattvānupātinā | cētasā taṁ paraṁ yāmi lōkaṁ tvaṁ kathamēṣi tat || 48 ||
Translation
Leaving this body here, I go to that other world with a mind that follows pure sattva; but you, how do you go there?
Word by word
- imaṁ
- this
- dēham
- body
- iha
- here
- āsthāpya
- leaving
- śuddha
- pure
- sattva
- sattva
- anupātinā
- that follows
- cētasā
- with a mind
- taṁ
- that
- paraṁ
- other
- yāmi
- I go
- lōkaṁ
- world
- tvaṁ
- you
- katham
- how
- ēṣi
- do go
- tat
- there
Meaning
The commentary: setting this body down here, I will go to that world of space with a mind following pure sattva; but how will you go there in this body of yours? Līlā assumes that the goddess's body is like hers, something to be left behind.