जीवितं मरणं चैव सङ्कल्पपुरुषे यथा । असत्यमेव भात्येवं तस्मिन् पुत्रि शरीरके ॥ २० ॥
jīvitaṁ maraṇaṁ caiva saṅkalpapuruṣē yathā | asatyamēva bhātyēvaṁ tasmin putri śarīrakē || 20 ||
Translation
As life and death in a man of fancy, so in that little body, daughter, they shine as altogether unreal.
Word by word
- jīvitaṁ
- life
- maraṇaṁ
- death
- caiva
- and
- saṅkalpa
- of fancy
- puruṣē
- in a man
- yathā
- as
- asatyam
- unreal
- ēva
- altogether
- bhātya
- (bhāti) they shine
- ēvaṁ
- so
- tasmin
- in that
- putri
- daughter
- śarīrakē
- little body
Meaning
Another commentary: as the life and death of an imagined person appear falsely, so in that body. The diminutive, "little body", is tender, not belittling: the goddess speaks to Līlā of what she has been afraid for.