श्रीदेव्युवाच भूतलारुन्धति सुते भर्तारस्तव संप्रति । त्रयो नामाऽथवाऽभूवन् बहवः शतसंमताः ॥ १९ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca bhūtalārundhati sutē bhartārastava saṁprati | trayō nāmā’thavā’bhūvan bahavaḥ śatasaṁmatāḥ || 19 ||
Translation
The goddess said: Daughter, Arundhatī of the earth, you have had three husbands so far; or rather, many, counted in hundreds.
Word by word
- bhūtala
- of the earth
- arundhati
- Arundhatī
- sutē
- daughter
- bhartāras
- (bhartāraḥ) husbands
- tava
- you have had
- saṁprati
- so far
- trayō
- (trayaḥ) three
- nāma
- indeed
- athavā
- or rather
- abhūvan
- there were
- bahavaḥ
- many
- śata
- in hundreds
- saṁmatāḥ
- counted
Meaning
The goddess calls her by the name of her first life in this tale. Then she widens the question: not one husband, nor even three, but hundreds, across Līlā's births.