हस्तः शिरसि यद्दत्तो लीलया ज्येष्ठशर्मणः । तत्प्रभावस्थितारम्भसंबोधायाश्रितेः फलम् ॥ ५६ ॥
hastaḥ śirasi yaddattō līlayā jyēṣṭhaśarmaṇaḥ | tatprabhāvasthitārambhasaṁbōdhāyāśritēḥ phalam || 56 ||
Translation
The hand that Līlā laid on Jyeṣṭhaśarman's head was the fruit of his reliance on the awakening whose work stood in her power.
Word by word
- hastaḥ
- the hand
- śirasi
- on the head
- yad
- (yat) that
- dattō
- (dattaḥ) laid
- līlayā
- Līlā
- jyēṣṭhaśarmaṇaḥ
- Jyeṣṭhaśarman's
- tat
- her
- prabhāva
- in power
- sthita
- stood
- ārambha
- whose work
- saṁbōdha
- on the awakening
- āśritēḥ
- of his reliance
- phalam
- the fruit
Meaning
Another commentary: Līlā's touch came from the son's own former merit, for his future good, through the stirring of the all-pervading awareness. The touch was not a mother's attachment; it was grace answering what the son was ready for.