लीलाऽस्मीति विनाऽभ्यासं तव नाऽस्तं गतोऽभवत् । यदा भावस्तदा सत्यसङ्कल्पत्वमभून्न ते ॥ १० ॥
līlā’smīti vinā’bhyāsaṁ tava nā’staṁ gatō’bhavat | yadā bhāvastadā satyasaṅkalpatvamabhūnna tē || 10 ||
Translation
Without practice, your "I am Līlā" had not set; and while that notion lasted, you had not the power of true resolve.
Word by word
- līlā
- Līlā
- asmi
- I am
- iti
- thus
- vinā
- without
- abhyāsaṁ
- practice
- tava
- your
- na
- not
- astaṁ
- set
- gatō
- (gataḥ) gone
- abhavat
- had
- yadā
- while
- bhāvas
- (bhāvaḥ) that notion
- tadā
- then
- satya
- of true
- saṅkalpatvam
- the power of resolve
- abhūn
- (abhūt) had
- tē
- you
Meaning
The precise obstacle is named: the thought "I am Līlā", the identity of a particular person. While it lasted, Līlā's wish to be seen was only a person's wish.