तद्देवि भर्तृनगरं पुनर्गन्तुं ममेप्सितम् । तदेहि तत्र गच्छावः किं दूरं व्यवसायिनाम् ॥ ३८ ॥
taddēvi bhartṛnagaraṁ punargantuṁ mamēpsitam | tadēhi tatra gacchāvaḥ kiṁ dūraṁ vyavasāyinām || 38 ||
Translation
So, goddess, I wish to go again to my husband's city. Come, then, let us go there: what is far for those who are resolved?"
Word by word
- tad
- (tat) so; then
- dēvi
- goddess
- bhartṛ
- husband's
- nagaraṁ
- city
- punar
- (punaḥ) again
- gantuṁ
- to go
- mama
- I
- īpsitam
- wish
- ēhi
- come
- tatra
- there
- gacchāvaḥ
- let us go
- kiṁ
- what
- dūraṁ
- is far
- vyavasāyinām
- for those who are resolved
Meaning
The proverb at the end is a common saying: nothing is far for one who sets out in earnest. For these two it is literally so, since the city is in the hall beside them.