लीलोवाच । एतावन्तं चिरं कालमेते देवि वयं वद । भ्रामिताः केन नामापि द्वैताद्वैतविकल्पनैः ॥ ६९ ॥
līlōvāca | ētāvantaṁ ciraṁ kālamētē dēvi vayaṁ vada | bhrāmitāḥ kēna nāmāpi dvaitādvaitavikalpanaiḥ || 69 ||
Translation
Līlā said: Tell me, goddess: by what, by what name even, have we been made to wander for so long a time by thoughts of duality and non-duality?
Word by word
- ētāvantaṁ
- so long
- ciraṁ
- a long
- kālam
- time
- ētē
- these
- dēvi
- goddess
- vayaṁ
- we
- vada
- tell me
- bhrāmitāḥ
- have been made to wander
- kēna
- by what
- nāma
- by name
- api
- even
- dvaita
- of duality
- advaita
- and non-duality
- vikalpanaiḥ
- by thoughts
Meaning
Another commentary: if it is so, then tell me, goddess, by whom have we been made to err so long by the alternatives of duality and non-duality? Note that Līlā includes non-duality: even the idea of non-duality, held as an idea, keeps one wandering.