श्रीसरस्वत्युवाच अभ्यासेन विना वत्से तदा ते द्वैतनिश्चयः । नूनमस्तं गतो नाऽभून्निःशेषं वरवर्णिनि ॥ ८ ॥
śrīsarasvatyuvāca abhyāsēna vinā vatsē tadā tē dvaitaniścayaḥ | nūnamastaṁ gatō nā’bhūnniḥśēṣaṁ varavarṇini || 8 ||
Translation
Sarasvatī said: At that time, child, without practice, your conviction of duality had surely not wholly set, fair one.
Word by word
- abhyāsēna
- practice
- vinā
- without
- vatsē
- child
- tadā
- at that time
- tē
- your
- dvaita
- of duality
- niścayaḥ
- conviction
- nūnam
- surely
- astaṁ
- set
- gatō
- (gataḥ) gone
- na
- not
- abhūn
- (abhūt) had
- niḥśēṣaṁ
- wholly
- varavarṇini
- fair one
Meaning
The answer: the power to be seen at will belongs to one whose will is true, and a will is true only when the sense of duality has gone. Līlā had not yet practised enough.