लीलोवाच । तदेतदुपदिष्टं मे ज्ञानं देवि त्वयाऽमलम् । यस्मिन् श्रुतिगते शान्तिमेति दृश्यविषूचिका ॥ २१ ॥
līlōvāca | tadētadupadiṣṭaṁ mē jñānaṁ dēvi tvayā’malam | yasmin śrutigatē śāntimēti dṛśyaviṣūcikā || 21 ||
Translation
Līlā said: This stainless knowledge you have taught me, goddess, at whose hearing the cholera of the seen is calmed:
Word by word
- tad
- (tat) this
- ētad
- (etat) this
- upadiṣṭaṁ
- have taught
- mē
- me
- jñānaṁ
- knowledge
- dēvi
- goddess
- tvayā
- you
- amalam
- stainless
- yasmin
- at whose
- śruti
- hearing
- gatē
- reaching
- śāntim
- calmed
- ēti
- is
- dṛśya
- of the seen
- viṣūcikā
- the cholera
Meaning
Another commentary: you have taught me pure knowledge, by hearing which the great plague of the seen is stilled. Līlā names the seen a sickness, violent and contagious; the knowledge is its medicine.