श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । तत्र ते पेततुर्देव्यौ ग्रामेऽन्तःशीतलात्मनि । भोगमोक्षश्रियौ शान्ते पुंसीव विदितात्मनि ॥ १ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | tatra tē pētaturdēvyau grāmē’ntaḥśītalātmani | bhōgamōkṣaśriyau śāntē puṁsīva viditātmani || 1 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: There the two goddesses came down into the village, cool within, as the glories of enjoyment and of liberation come down on a man at peace who has known the Self.
Word by word
- tatra
- there
- tē
- the two
- pētatur
- (petatuḥ) came down
- dēvyau
- goddesses
- grāmē
- into the village
- antaḥ
- within
- śītala
- cool
- ātmani
- in its nature; (ātmani) the Self
- bhōga
- of enjoyment
- mōkṣa
- of liberation
- śriyau
- the two glories
- śāntē
- at peace
- puṁsi
- on a man
- iva
- as
- vidita
- who has known
Meaning
The simile carries the sarga's theme. To one who knows the Self, both the good things of the world and freedom come of themselves, without his reaching for them; so the two goddesses, Sarasvatī and Līlā, descend quietly on the village, which is "cool within" as such a man is. Līlā is already near that state: she comes to look at her old life, not to take it back.