एतावन्तं यदा कालं त्वयैतन्न विचारितम् । तदा न संप्रबुद्धा त्वं भ्रान्तैवाऽभव आकुला ॥ ७३ ॥
ētāvantaṁ yadā kālaṁ tvayaitanna vicāritam | tadā na saṁprabuddhā tvaṁ bhrāntaivā’bhava ākulā || 73 ||
Translation
Since all this long time you had not enquired into this, you were not awake, and so you were confused, troubled.
Word by word
- ētāvantaṁ
- all this long
- yadā
- since
- kālaṁ
- time
- tvayā
- you
- ētan
- (etat) this
- na
- not
- vicāritam
- had enquired into
- tadā
- so
- saṁprabuddhā
- awake
- tvaṁ
- you
- bhrāntā
- confused
- ēva
- so
- abhava
- you were
- ākulā
- troubled
Meaning
The commentary: you had not enquired into this for so long, so you did not wake; therefore you were in error about Brahman, and troubled. The trouble Līlā has felt since the king's death is traced to its one root.