लीलोवाच । एवमेतज्जगन्मातर्मया स्मृतमिहाऽधुना । ममेदं राजसं जन्म न तमो न च सात्त्विकम् ॥ ३४ ॥
līlōvāca | ēvamētajjaganmātarmayā smṛtamihā’dhunā | mamēdaṁ rājasaṁ janma na tamō na ca sāttvikam || 34 ||
Translation
Līlā said: So it is, mother of the world; I remember it now, here. This birth of mine is of rajas, not of tamas, nor of sattva.
Word by word
- ēvam
- so
- ētaj
- (etat) it
- jagan
- (jagat) of the world
- mātar
- (mātaḥ) mother
- mayā
- I
- smṛtam
- remember
- iha
- here
- adhunā
- now
- mama
- of mine
- idaṁ
- this
- rājasaṁ
- of rajas
- janma
- birth
- na
- not
- tamō
- (tamaḥ) of tamas
- ca
- nor
- sāttvikam
- of sattva
Meaning
With the teaching, memory opens. Līlā sees her present life as one of rajas, of passion and activity; not the dullness of tamas, nor the clarity of sattva.