श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा प्रणता देवीं सा प्रविश्याऽऽशु मण्डपम् । विहङ्गीव तया साकं पुप्लुवेऽसिनिभं नभः ॥ ३९ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | ityuktvā praṇatā dēvīṁ sā praviśyā’’śu maṇḍapam | vihaṅgīva tayā sākaṁ pupluvē’sinibhaṁ nabhaḥ || 39 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: Saying this, bowing to the goddess, she quickly entered the hall, and with her flew up like a bird into the sky, dark as a sword blade,
Word by word
- iti
- this
- uktvā
- saying
- praṇatā
- bowing
- dēvīṁ
- to the goddess
- sā
- she
- praviśya
- entered
- āśu
- quickly
- maṇḍapam
- the hall
- vihaṅgī
- a bird
- iva
- like
- tayā
- her
- sākaṁ
- with
- pupluvē
- flew up
- asi
- as a sword blade
- nibhaṁ
- dark
- nabhaḥ
- into the sky
Meaning
She enters the hall, where her husband's soul stays, and from there rises. The journey outward through the worlds begins from inside a room, which is the whole lesson of the tale: the way out is the way in.