यथानुभवमेवैतद् यथास्थितमुदाहृतम् । आबालसिद्धसंसिद्धं न नाम वरशापवत् ॥ १६ ॥
yathānubhavamēvaitad yathāsthitamudāhṛtam | ābālasiddhasaṁsiddhaṁ na nāma varaśāpavat || 16 ||
Translation
This has been told just as it is experienced, as things stand, established for all from children to the perfected; it is not like a boon or a curse.
Word by word
- yathā
- just as
- anubhavam
- it is experienced
- ēva
- just
- ētad
- (etat) this
- sthitam
- things stand
- udāhṛtam
- has been told
- ābāla
- from children
- siddha
- to the perfected
- saṁsiddhaṁ
- established
- na
- not
- nāma
- indeed
- vara
- a boon
- śāpa
- or a curse
- vat
- like
Meaning
The commentary takes Līlā's doubt: will my body of flesh be joined to yours by your word alone, as by a boon or a curse? The goddess: I have only restated what everyone's experience establishes, from the most ignorant child to the perfected; I have not forced some unheard-of thing on you by decree. The teaching asks to be checked against experience, not taken on authority.