तेनैव ज्ञानदेहेन चचार ज्ञप्तिदेवता । मानुषी त्वितरेणाऽऽशु ध्यानज्ञानानुरूपिणा ॥ १२ ॥
tēnaiva jñānadēhēna cacāra jñaptidēvatā | mānuṣī tvitarēṇā’’śu dhyānajñānānurūpiṇā || 12 ||
Translation
The goddess of knowing moved in that same body of knowledge; the human woman, swiftly, in another, one fitted to her meditation and knowledge.
Word by word
- tēna
- that
- ēva
- same
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- dēhēna
- in body
- cacāra
- moved
- jñapti
- of knowing
- dēvatā
- the goddess
- mānuṣī
- the human woman
- tva
- (tu) and
- itarēṇa
- in another
- āśu
- swiftly
- dhyāna
- to meditation
- anurūpiṇā
- one fitted
Meaning
Another commentary: Sarasvatī moved in her body of knowledge, and the human Līlā in another body suited to her pure knowledge and meditation. The goddess's body did not change, for it was already of knowledge; Līlā took a body formed by her meditation, as the goddess had said in 3.21.