ततो गृहजनस्तत्र स ददर्शाऽङ्गनाद्वयम् । लक्ष्मीगौर्योर्युगमिव समुद्भासितमन्दिरम् ॥ ९ ॥
tatō gṛhajanastatra sa dadarśā’ṅganādvayam | lakṣmīgauryōryugamiva samudbhāsitamandiram || 9 ||
Translation
Then the household there saw the pair of women, like Lakṣmī and Gaurī, lighting up the house;
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- gṛha
- house
- janas
- (janaḥ) the people
- tatra
- there
- sa
- the
- dadarśa
- saw
- aṅganā
- of women
- dvayam
- the pair
- lakṣmī
- Lakṣmī
- gauryōr
- (gauryoḥ) and Gaurī
- yugam
- the pair
- iva
- like
- samudbhāsita
- lighting up
- mandiram
- the house
Meaning
Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, and Gaurī, Pārvatī: the family sees them as goddesses even in ordinary form. The description runs to v. 17.