इत उत्तरमन्या स्यात् पदवी का नु कीदृशी । कथं च मातरेतव्या कथ्यतामिति देवि मे ॥ ५१ ॥
ita uttaramanyā syāt padavī kā nu kīdṛśī | kathaṁ ca mātarētavyā kathyatāmiti dēvi mē || 51 ||
Translation
What other path will there be beyond this, and what is it like? And how, mother, is it to be travelled? Tell me this, goddess.
Word by word
- ita
- from here
- uttaram
- beyond
- anyā
- other
- syāt
- will there be
- padavī
- path
- kā
- what
- nu
- then
- kīdṛśī
- what is it like
- kathaṁ
- how
- ca
- and
- mātar
- (mātaḥ) mother
- ētavyā
- is it to be travelled
- kathyatām
- tell
- iti
- this
- dēvi
- goddess
- mē
- me
Meaning
She calls the goddess "mother": the trust of a child asking where the road goes next.