इति तद्वचनान्ते ते देव्यावूचतुरादरात् । आख्यात दुःखं येनाऽयं लक्ष्यते दुःखितो जनः ॥ २१ ॥
iti tadvacanāntē tē dēvyāvūcaturādarāt | ākhyāta duḥkhaṁ yēnā’yaṁ lakṣyatē duḥkhitō janaḥ || 21 ||
Translation
When they had said this, the two goddesses said with kindness: "Tell us the sorrow by which these people are seen to be grieving."
Word by word
- iti
- this
- tad
- (tat) their
- vacana
- words
- antē
- at the end of
- tē
- the two
- dēvyāv
- (devyau) goddesses
- ūcatur
- (ūcatuḥ) said
- ādarāt
- with kindness
- ākhyāta
- tell
- duḥkhaṁ
- the sorrow
- yēna
- by which
- ayaṁ
- these
- lakṣyatē
- are seen
- duḥkhitō
- (duḥkhitaḥ) to be grieving
- janaḥ
- people
Meaning
The goddesses ask the family to tell its grief, not because they do not know it, but because telling a sorrow already begins to ease it.