श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । अथ सा निर्मलज्ञानचिराभ्यासेन सुन्दरी । सम्पन्ना सत्यसङ्कल्पा सत्यकामा च देववत् ॥ ७ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | atha sā nirmalajñānacirābhyāsēna sundarī | sampannā satyasaṅkalpā satyakāmā ca dēvavat || 7 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: Then that lovely woman, through long practice of pure knowledge, had become one whose resolve came true and whose wishes came true, like a god.
Word by word
- atha
- then
- sā
- that
- nirmala
- pure
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- cira
- long
- abhyāsēna
- through practice
- sundarī
- lovely woman
- sampannā
- had become
- satya
- came true
- saṅkalpā
- whose resolve
- kāmā
- whose wishes
- ca
- and
- dēvavat
- like a god
Meaning
"True resolve" (satyasaṅkalpa) is the mark the Upaniṣads give to the Self: what it wills, is. Līlā has it now, not by a boon but by the ripening of knowledge.