दिनैरष्टभिरेवाऽसौ तेन राज्यं समृद्धिमत् । चिरकालप्रत्ययदं प्राप्तवान् परमेश्वरि ॥ ३४ ॥
dinairaṣṭabhirēvā’sau tēna rājyaṁ samṛddhimat | cirakālapratyayadaṁ prāptavān paramēśvari || 34 ||
Translation
So in just eight days, supreme goddess, he gained a rich kingdom, one that gives the sense of having lasted a long time.
Word by word
- dinair
- (dinaiḥ) days
- aṣṭabhir
- (aṣṭabhiḥ) in eight
- ēva
- just
- asau
- he
- tēna
- so
- rājyaṁ
- a kingdom
- samṛddhimat
- rich
- cira
- long
- kāla
- of having lasted a time
- pratyayadaṁ
- that gives the sense
- prāptavān
- he gained
- paramēśvari
- supreme goddess
Meaning
Eight days in the village (v. 19); in the kingdom, a long reign, with a whole past that feels long and solid. Time belongs to the one who experiences it: the same moment of awareness can be eight days or a lifetime, as a night's dream holds years.