इह देवि मया भुक्तमिहोषितमिह स्थितम् । इह सुप्तमिहाऽऽपीतमिह दत्तमिहाऽऽहृतम् ॥ २० ॥
iha dēvi mayā bhuktamihōṣitamiha sthitam | iha suptamihā’’pītamiha dattamihā’’hṛtam || 20 ||
Translation
Here, goddess, I ate; here I lived, here I sat; here I slept, here I drank; here I gave, here I brought things in.
Word by word
- iha
- here
- dēvi
- goddess
- mayā
- I
- bhuktam
- ate
- uṣitam
- lived
- sthitam
- sat
- suptam
- slept
- āpītam
- drank
- dattam
- gave
- āhṛtaṁ
- brought things in
Meaning
Eight times "here": the plainest acts of a life, each with its place. One who has been away knows this feeling. Yet the one who says "I ate here" is now a goddess's companion, and the eater is gone.