चिन्तयामास मामेते देवीं चेमां स्वबन्धवः । पश्यन्तु तावत् सामान्यललनारूपधारिणीम् ॥ ८ ॥
cintayāmāsa māmētē dēvīṁ cēmāṁ svabandhavaḥ | paśyantu tāvat sāmānyalalanārūpadhāriṇīm || 8 ||
Translation
She thought: "Let these kin of mine now see me and this goddess, in the form of ordinary women."
Word by word
- cintayāmāsa
- she thought
- mām
- me
- ētē
- these
- dēvīṁ
- goddess
- ca
- and
- imāṁ
- this
- sva
- my
- bandhavaḥ
- kin
- paśyantu
- let see
- tāvat
- now
- sāmānya
- ordinary
- lalanā
- women
- rūpa
- the form
- dhāriṇīm
- in
Meaning
Līlā chooses a gentle form: two ordinary women, so as not to frighten the grieving family.