श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा सञ्चरन्ती सा शिखरिग्रामकोटरे । सञ्चरन्त्या सरस्वत्या दर्शयामास सस्मयम् ॥ १६ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | ityuktvā sañcarantī sā śikharigrāmakōṭarē | sañcarantyā sarasvatyā darśayāmāsa sasmayam || 16 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: Saying this, wandering in the hollow of the mountain village, she showed things with wonder to Sarasvatī, who wandered with her.
Word by word
- iti
- this
- uktvā
- saying
- sañcarantī
- wandering
- sā
- she
- śikhari
- mountain
- grāma
- of the village
- kōṭarē
- in the hollow
- sañcarantyā
- who wandered with her
- sarasvatyā
- to Sarasvatī
- darśayāmāsa
- she showed things
- sasmayam
- with wonder
Meaning
They walk unseen, as v. 16 of the last sarga had them leave the house. Līlā's wonder is that of one who finds her own past as real as ever before her, and herself no longer in it.